Rosa Parks Is Remembered for Her Activism During the Montgomery

question 49

Essay

Rosa Parks is remembered for her activism during the Montgomery bus boycott,but other activists and victims of Jim Crow laws have been forgotten.For instance,in the same year that Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat,Claudette Colvin was arrested for the same crime,found guilty,and placed on probation.However,shortly after her arrest,she became pregnant by an older man.Mary Louise Smith was also arrested for the same crime,in the same year,but she was a teenager and her father was an impoverished alcoholic.Neither of these women received the help that Rosa Parks did.What theoretical approach to race presented in Chapter 8 does the best job of explaining the lives of these three African American women? Justify your answer.

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Total Materials Variance

The difference between the actual cost of materials used in production and their standard cost, reflecting efficiency or inefficiency.