Rosa+Parks

 __Rosa Parks __ 

**// ROSA PARKS BIO By: Cidni, Breannah, Madison,Tricia,Cristina,lindsey,brina //**  **Born on Febuary 4, 1913** __**    Rosa Parks was known as the mother of the Civil Rights Movement. She was married to a guy named Raymond Parks they married Dec.1,1955. They did not have children. She worked as a seamstess and as a housekeeper. She also worked for the Montgomery Branch for the N.A.A.C.P. She worked these jobs to make a living and also help the Civil Rights Movement. Her family alaways believed that people should stand up for their rights. Blake was the busdriver who arrested Rosa Parks.Everybody was stunned about what happened. A lot of people was sending hate messages or asking about the arresting.She was aressted for not giving up her seat to a white person. She died October 4,2005 in her house while taking a nap.Ramond Parks died a couple of years later after Rosas brother died.Her mother died from cancer at the age of 91. ** __

 On December 1, 1955, Rosa was getting on her normal bus to get home on after work. She did not notice that she got on Mr.Blakes bus. When she got on she found a seat and sat down. At the next stop some white people got on and one was left standing. Mr.Blake noticed the man. The women left who were sitting next to her, as well as the man who sat with her. That night she got arrested and was baled out.

Here is a quote she said about that day: "I was not tired physically, or no more tired than I usally was at the end of a working day. I was not old, although some people have an image of me being 92 years old.. I was 42. No, the only tired I wanted to stand up for herself and other blacks. Rosa Parks

As you can tell Rosa was a very strong and hard beliver.Nothing ever brought her down. Rosa Parks is a very good insperrashion. I am saying stand up for what you belive in,and what you belive in you can do. Her family was afraid of the Ku KLux Klan because they were burning down churches, beating up people killing people. These were the sad times of segregation. Yes these were unfair with everybody and it was unfair. The boycott began when Rosa Parks got arrested and when everybody stopped riding the bus for a few days.The boycott stopped when the bus service was not making enough money.She won her case after trying so hard and fighting for her rights. She always believed in equal rights. She wanted segregation to end and wanted everyone to have a great life with equal rights and fight for what they believed in. She died in October. 4, 2004. She died in her home in Detroit because of old age. She would have never known that she would be the  Mother of the Civil Rights Movemeny . She made a difference in many lives and made a difference. WE thank her.



Rosa Parks on bus.

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