Rosa Parks

Rosa Parks was married in 1932 to a man named Raymond Parks who was also a part of the Civil Right Movement. Rosa Parks helped change the laws to help from the Civil

“You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.” This was said by Rosa Parks. She was an enormous inspiration to the African American Race. She was one among many who lived in a rough time for African Americans. She lived in a time when equality wasn’t really equal. When African Americans were scared/ weren’t allowed to state their opinions on different matters. However, Rosa Parks was an individual who stood up for herself. Rosa Parks helped the Civil Rights Movement and African Americans gain equality mainly through her courage and refusal to move.

Rosa Parks is a civil rights activist and is a tragic hero known for her Strength, bravery, wisdom, peace and perseverance taking a major role in the Montgomery bus boycott and standing up against oppression, She and many others stood up for their rights, She refused to surrender her seat on a segregated Montgomery Alabama city bus on the day of December 1, 1955 which began the 381 day long Montgomery Bus Boycott which then helped launch the nation wide efforts to end segregation of public facilities.

Rosa Parks, also called the “Mother of the Civil Rights Movement,” was given the NAACP's Spingarn Medal and the Martin Luther King, Jr. nonviolent-peace prize. Rosa Parks was also awarded the Eleanor Roosevelt Woman of Courage award in 1984. Rosa’s influence and impact on the society is one that can never be replaced. Rosa was not only the person who took that seat, but she has plenty of respect because of her personality as a strong willed woman. Where did all this began?

Even though Rosa Parks stood up for her rights she still suffered after the arrest. She lost her department store job and her husband was fired because he talked about Rosa’s legal case to his boss. They had to leave Montgomery because they could not find any other jobs, no one would hire her. They ended up moving to Detroit Michigan and she found a job as a secretary and receptionist in U.S. Representative John Conyers congressional office. She also started to serve on the board of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America.

One cold December day a woman got onto a bus after a long shift at work, exhausted from the day she plopped down in a seat near the front. The next stop many white people boarded and the bus started to get full so they moved back until they reached the woman's seat. This was a problem because this woman, Rosa Parks, was black and had to move or she would end up in jail. Even with that knowledge, she refused to give that seat up. Many blacks faced this problem every day during the Civil Rights Movement, but weren't brave enough to stand up for their rights like Rosa was. After Rosa said "no" many realized they could stand up for their rights as well. Parks helped with people's involvement during these tough times and was involved herself. Due

Rosa Parks, Rosa Louise McCauley, was born on February 4, 1913 in Tuskegee Alabama to parents Leona Edwards who was a schoolteacher and James McCauley a carpenter. At a young age Parks parents separated and her mother relocated with her and younger brother to Pine Level, a small town in Montgomery. There they resided with Leona’s parents on their small farm where Parks would spend her youth. She got the privilege of being home schooled by her mother and did not enter public school until the age of eleven. At age eleven she enrolled in the Montgomery Industrial School for girls. Parks then continues on to a Laboratory School for secondary education led by the

Rosaleen decides to go register to vote on the day the the Civil Rights Act is passed. Lily goes with her to vote and on their way there Rosaleen gets harassed by three white men. Rosaleen gets herself in trouble by pouring snuff spit all over their shoes. They beat her very badly and then she gets arrested. T. Ray was able to bail Lily out but not Rosaleen.

Rosa Parks was born on February 4, 1913 in Tuskegee, Alabama. Her full name was Rosa Louise McCauley. Her parents were James and Leona McCauley and she had a younger brother by the name of Sylvester McCauley, whom was born in 1915 right before their parents had separated. At only two years old, Rosa’s parents had separated and her mother moved the family to Pine Level, Alabama to live with her parents. Rosa’s grandparents had both been former slaves. When Rosa was younger, she had experienced racial things. For example, she had saw her grandfather stand outside with a shotgun while the KKK also known as the Ku Klux Klan marched down the street.

Rosa Parks also had a brother whose name was Sylvester McCauley who was born in 1915. No longer the McCauley family were going to carry that last name since (once again i mention) Rosa Parks separate. Since Rosa’s mother was a teacher she got education and learned from her mother. So did Rosa’s brother. He got a education from his mother also. When Rosa Parks turned 11 years old she moved to Montgomery, Alabama. She attended a high school there but when she turned 16 years old and she was in 11th grade she left that school to go take care of Grandmother that was in really bad condition and that was dying. Right after that happened Rosa’s mother got really sick just like Rosa’s grandmother and she went to where her mother was and took care of her too. Rosa Park then Married this guy named Raymond Parks. He worked as a barber and he was a self educated man. He was also member of the NAACP which means National Association Advanced Colored People. On a Thursday December 1, 1955 Rosa Parks gets arrested for denying a white man to sit in the seat she was sitting on. She was coming back home from work. She worked in the fair

“People always say that I didn’t give up my seat because I was tired but that isn’t true… No the only tired I was, was tired of giving in” Rosa Parks said these words in a certain occasion. Everyone in some point of their life has heard the incredible and touching story Rosa Parks had and the impact she had in not just African Americans but America itself. Rosa Parks is the most influential American since 1960 because she inspired the well known Montgomery Bus Boycott, changed forever the civil rights movement during this time, and also was an active member of the NAACP.

In 1987, she and long-time friend Elaine Steele started the Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self Development, which continues today to educate youth about the struggle for civil and human rights” (Library Of Congress). In 1987 with the help of Elaine Steele, her longtime friend. She started The Rosa and Raymond Parks institute for self development. This was intended to teach all the young people about civil rights, the institute is still open to this day. Parks had to learn about civil rights through protest, and boycotts, she had to learn through her struggles. She opened an institute that could teach young people about civil rights, so that

Segregation was a rough time for many people but Rosa Parks stood up for them. She had a positive impact on history because she started the Montgomery Bus Boycott, by being a Civil Rights Leader and by being a Women's Activist.

in rosa parks outobiography called my story she said people always say that i didnt get up because i was tired but that wasnt true i was not tired no the only tired i was, was of giving in to those people after her arrest rosa parks became an icon of the civil rights movement but suffered hardships. due to economic sanctions used against her she lost her job at the department store Her husband quit his job after his boss forbade him to talk about his wife or the legal case. in 2002 rosa received an eviction notice from her 1800$ per month due to non payment on rent rosa was incapable of managing her own financial affairs by this time due to age-related physical in 2004 executives of the ownership company announced

When he sat up he saw a grandma, but this was not any grandma it was thee grandma. It was grandma Debbie. This was the one he got blamed for tying up and stuffing in the closet. She was staring him down looking like a shootoff was about to happen. Schlargen could smell the sweet smell of chocolate chip cookies as grandma Debbie pulled them out. Schlargen saw the steam rising from them as if it was a real cloud from outside. The chocolate perfectly melted into the cookie, like a chocolate river from Charlie and The Chocolate Factory. As she took a bite the crumbs fell like raindrops onto the ground. He could barely resist, but then he tried to grab them and ran into the metal bars that he forgot were there. As soon as Schlargen woke up again he sat up and started screaming. Little Felicia Wendys (Little red riding hood) could not stand the screaming so she finally revealed herself from behind the wall. Schlargen just went back to sit in the the corner after seeing her. Hours later the same police officer came back and took him to the therapy office. After the meeting Schlargen was so happy he couldn’t believe it, he got a retrial. Over at granny's house it was a normal day with protesters in front of her house, when out of nowhere an officer cuffed granny and Little Felicia to take them to the