Rosa Parks

1. Rosa Parks The only tired I was, was tired of giving in. By:Carley Bennett Period:2

2. Introduction • Rosa parks was born on February 4th 1913 in Tuskegee, Alabama. • She got married to Raymond Parks and they shared a lot in common. Rosa was 19 when she got married. The date was December18th 1932 in Pine Level Alabama. • Together they shared many experiences that were good and bad. Both of their grandparents died when they were little. • Rosa Parks died on October 24th 2005 and was buried at Woodlawn cemetery in Michigan • Rosa Parks and Raymond Parks didn’t have any children together.

3. Social contribution Rosa fought for equal rights between the black and white race. On December 1st 1955 she refused to get up from her bus seat so the white man could sit. She was warned by the bus driver of being arrested if she didn’t move. She still didn’t move her place on the bus. She stood up for justice. She was arrested for not following the white and black law. She changed America by standing up for what wasn’t right or fair. When she refused to get up from her bus seat, she made other people want to make a difference as well. People protested to make a change and finally it worked racism made its way out of the United States because of Rosa Parks.

4. Childhood • Rosa Parks stared school in pine level Alabama when she was five. • When she was eleven she quite school to care for her sick grandmother. • Rosa’s grand father, her grandmothers husband wasn’t treated right so he began not to like the way that blacks were treated. That may have had an influence on Rosa wanting to change America. • When Rosa was little, it was hard for a black child to get an education. She had to walk long ways to get to school. She walked about 2 miles a days to get to school each day. She passed white schools to get to her school. • Rosa know from when she was little that black people were treated differently since she was little and she didn’t like it. Her grandparents were slaves and she felt bad about and she helped them work. Some work was did with them is picking cotton. All kinds of things in the U.S. were segregated. • Rosa also had to obey the white and black laws. A n example of a segregated law is the water fountains. The black race couldn’t drink from the white fountains. • Her dad was a construction worker. • his name was James McCauley. • He left Rosa and her family to work up North for a while. • Rosa didn’t see her father till she was an adult.

5. Adolescence • She worked hard to help others like quitting part of elementary school to care for her grandmother. She did chores and brought her things she needed like medicine and clothing. • She knew that white people were treated better than black people. Rosa didn’t know a black person that was ok with the way they were treated. Black people couldn’t go to white schools. She didn’t like not being able to go to white schools. Or that she passed white schools to get to her school. • She wanted to make a difference . She didn’t know how she would but all she knew is that was her dream. • her grandparents were slaves and still she helped them worked until they were done with their day. • When the civil war was over, her grandparents were freed from being slaves. • I think that event of Rosa ‘s grand parents being freed made her happy because she felt bad for them that’s why she helped them.

6. Adulthood • Before Rosa Parks got married her last name was McCauley. • She protested against racism and civil rights through out his time period. She stood up anywhere, made sings and called out “FREEDOM NOW”! • She was awarded the international Freedom Conductor Award for all she put into this country. • She struggled in trying to make a difference but in the end she contributed to changing America in a really good way. • In this time period, her grandmother and her mother died. It affected her because she was very close to then=m in a good way. When they died it was very heartbreaking for Rosa to accept. Rosa didn’t stop believing she kept doing all that she was doing and that is making this a better place for us all to live. • As time went on, Rosa went to many places to make speeches to schools, companies, and city halls. She accepted about 100 every year.

7. Timeline 1913-Rosa was born 1918-Started school in pine level Alabama 1929-Rosa leaves school to care for her grandmother 1932-Rosa marries Raymond Parks 1933-Rosa gets her high school diploma at the age of 20 1957-Rosa and her family move to Detroit 1979-Rosa’s mom Leona McCauley dies 1992-a biography that Rosa wrote was published called My life 1998-Rosa receives an award called the International Freedom Conductor Award

8. President in 1913 Thomas Woodrow Wilson was the president when Rosa was born. There wasn’t a good example set when he was the president because he agreed with segregated laws. It wasn’t helpful at all on Rosa’s decision of being a part of changing America.

9. Interview If I could sit down and talk with Rosa Parks I would have many questions to ask her but here are three of them… • Would you have still continued school if you didn’t have to leave to care for your grandmother? • How did you feel when you stood up for yourself on that bus and you got warned of being arrested by the bus driver? • What did your family think and feel when you stood up for yourself on December 1st?

10. Bibliography • L.S Summer Journey to Freedom: Rosa Parks, The Childs World • Picture of Rosa Parks. Web. 6 May 2010. <alanadale.files.wordpress.com/.../Rosa- parks.jpg>. • Find a Grave. Erik Lander, 17 Feb. 1992. Web. 5 May 2010. • Rosa Parks next to a Bus. Web. 6 May 2010. <www.caribbeantales.ca/.../rosaparks.jpg>. • Picture of Rosa Parks. Web. 6 May 2010. <uagreeks.uark.edu/images/Rosa_Parks.jpg>. • The Bus Rosa Parks Was on. Web. 6 Ma010<blog.seattlepi.com/.../Rosa_Parks__Bus.jpg>. • Where Rosa Parks Lived. Web. 6 May 2010.<blog.seattlepi.com/.../Rosa_Parks__Bus.jpgusgwarchives.org>. • Rosa Parks. Web. 7 May 2010. <eurweb.com>. • Raymond Parks. Web. 7 May 2010. <cbs.com> • Rosa's Award. Web. 7 May 2010. <y2u.co.uk/.../F_Rosa_Parks_1.jpg>. • Thomas Wilson Woodrow. Web. 7 May 2010. <memo.fr>. Rosa Parks. Web. 7 May 2010. <art.com>.