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Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus didn't DO anything! He DID NOT discover America! Its should be Rosa Parks day BECAUSE SHE ACTUALLY DID SOMETHING!!!!!!! Does anyone know any websites that I could go research that kind of stuff? To proove that he didn't do anything and that it should be Rosa Parks day?!!??!!!
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Ummm... yeah he did. He went to go find a short route to the Indies, and found the big hunk of land called North America. The Vikings actually get the credit now, but still. Are you saying that Rosa Parks should get a day for discovering America on the day we call Columbus Day? You're being kind of mixed up. And for your second question, do you want a site that will say that Christopher Columbus is a fraud and that we should have a Rosa Parks Day? Sorry, but you can try Wikipedia for SEPARATE searches, since, hello, wake up, they have nothing to do with each other. And also, all Rosa Parks did was stand up for herself. That's all we know her for. I'm not saying that she wasn't a good person, just that she didn't do anything like introduce civilized Europeans to a new land that they could modernize into what we know today as America.
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So are you trying to tell us that everyone who dies deserves a day?
Let's say my grandma dies; does she deserve a day? She's a wonderful woman, but she doesn't deserve a day made after her.
Just because someone is an important part of history doesn't mean they should get a day for them.
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Gee, I don't know? Google.com maybe? Just maybe. Don't quote me on it.
And Rosa Parks sort of has nothing to do with Columbus. So if you're just being creative while fishing for links on Rosa Parks... well... you're doing a good job.
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Books are probably the best source for that, ask your librarian.
But...don't get so excited about Rosa Parks. Start researching the civil rights movement and you'll find it wasn't just spontaneous, it was planned. The leaders of the civil rights movement chose Rosa Parks because she was black and she was a lady. There would have been less of a big deal about a young black male. So I'm not saying what she did wasn't great, but it wasn't like amazing or anything. It was planned.
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One can find a website to "prove" just about anything. Ever heard of Dihydrogen Monoxide?
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If you really want some impressive research regarding Christopher Columbus and/or Rosa Parks, you're going to have to get up and go to an actual library, check out some authoritative books, and do some reading. You need references which don't end in "dot-com". Be aware that you're facing an uphill fight if you're actually going to try to convince the federal government to change the holiday, and you might want to have a plan for how you actually intend to do it. For instance, will you be addressing the joint houses of Congress yourself, or do you have a committee to do it?
In any event, it may interest you to know that Columbus did, in fact, make a very significant discovery: he was the first to determine that the North Magnetic Pole, as indicated by the compass, does not coincide with the North Geographic Pole, which is the axis about which the Earth rotates. This was a vital piece of information for the science of navigation, but since it doesn't sound as cool as "discovered America", no one remembers him for it.
Furthermore, I would argue that anyone who was willing to board a fragile wooden ship back in the late 1400s and sail into virtually unknown waters was, in fact, "doing something". It was a courageous and noteworthy deed, even if he wasn't the true discoverer of a new land, and even if he treated the natives of that land despicably.
As for Rosa Parks, I will never say a word against her or her own courage, and she certainly deserves to be commemorated. I submit that she deserves better than a bank holiday that's more of an excuse to have furniture sales than anything else.
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Where did you hear this from?
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"CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS discovered America in 1492. At least that is what all elementary school children were always taught: "In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue." Of course, Columbus never did "discover" North America, and the regions he did explore were already inhabited. He only discovered them from the viewpoint of the Europeans. "
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Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus. Thus, she was arrested. She did make people aware by the white men's actions.. But Mr.Martin Luther King made a difference with his famous speech. So I don't think she deserves a Rosa Parks Day.. Because other people have done actions like her.. so does that mean they deserve their own day too?
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i didn't restate your question.
i gave you INFORMATION.
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I doubt it. They will never change the day from Columbus Day.
The best you can do is contact your governor's office and propose they make a day for Rosa Parks. Keep pestering them. Start a petition in favor of a day to recognize her standing up for her rights and send it in.
Realistically, the best day to celebrate her achievement would be December 1, because she refused to give up her bus seat on December 1, 1955.
I agree she should get recognized. By God, she was NOT going to move to the back of the bus, and she should have never been told to. She refused to be segregated, and she started a ball rolling to end racial segregation in this country. She played an important roll in our American history.
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