Her mouth is set firmly. On December first, nineteen fifty-five, Rosa Parks took a seat on a city bus in Montgomery,Alabama.

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Some helped to rid the city of troublesome invasive plants, or cared for trees at city parks and schools.

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In nineteen eighty-seven, she founded the Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self-Development to improve the lives of black children.

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His name was Arnold Parks. He caught another worker who had fallen off the top of the canyon.

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Many of the monuments declared by presidents have been named national parks or given other titles by Congress.

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These parks include huge colored rock formations, rivers,waterfalls,beautiful trees, other plants and many different kinds of wild animals.

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Rosa Parks was not the first black person to refuse to give up a seat on the bus for a white person.

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Some national parks charge visitors a small entrance fee, from five dollars to twenty-five dollars a car.

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Today,we tell about Rosa Parks, who has been called the mother of the American civil rights movement.

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They have established over one hundred thousand national parks and protected areas, for the enjoyment of people today and for generations to come.

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The men show little expression. Rosa Parks' eyes look off to the side and into the distance.

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There was no special announcement. Announcer Paul Parks just said, "Here is the news in Special English."

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Now the Tony Hawk Foundation helps young people by building skate parks in cities around the country.

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He points out that some parks operate bus systems so visitors do not drive through protected areas.

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