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Rosa Parks

Rosa Parks. “Mother of the Modern-Day Civil Rights Movement” *February 4, 1913-October 24, 2005*. Rosa Louise McCauley Parks. Rosa was born on February 4, 1913. Her place of birth was Tuskegee, Alabama. Rosa grew up on a farm with her mother, brother and grandparents.

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Rosa Parks

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  1. Rosa Parks “Mother of the Modern-Day Civil Rights Movement” *February 4, 1913-October 24, 2005*

  2. Rosa Louise McCauley Parks • Rosa was born on February 4, 1913. • Her place of birth was Tuskegee, Alabama. • Rosa grew up on a farm with her mother, brother and grandparents.

  3. The Schooling of Rosa Parks • Rosa attended a school that was for African American children. • The school was only open for five months a year. • This school only went up to the sixth grade. • When Rosa turned eleven she as sent to Montgomery to continue her schooling. • Five years after she was sent to Montgomery she had to leave to return home so she could take care of her grandmother who was sick.

  4. Rosa’s Adult Years • In 1932 Rosa married Raymond Parks. • Rosa was finally able to graduate high school in 1934. • The couple worked for the Montgomery chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).

  5. Rosa’s Greatest Achievement • Rosa refused to give up her bus seat to a white passenger. When she did this she helped to start the modern civil rights movement. • Rosa’s arrest started a boycott on the city bus line that lasted 381 days. • This boycott led to the Supreme Court ruling in 1956 that there be desegregation of public buses.

  6. Acknowledgements • http://teacher.scholastic.com/researchtools/articlearchives/honormlk/rosa.htm • http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/par0bio-1

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