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= Name of person ://** Rosa Parks **// =

Born :February 4,1913. died on October 24,2005

Hometown :Tuskegee,Alabama

Best Known For :Ending segregation on the buses.

Biography: Rosa's family was very separate.Rosa's dad left their lives when Rosa was five and her younger brother,Sylvester,was only three.Rosa's mother influenced her to think that judging people by their skin color isn't right. Her grandmother wanted her to respect the white people even if they be mean to her. Rosa went to school until during 9th grade when she had to take care of her mother and grandmother because they were sick. Later, she went back to school to get her high school diploma. Later, she went to Hampton college in Virginia.in the December of 1932, Rosa married Raymond parks.they met each other by Rosa's friends.Rosa went to work to make t-shirts for men. She also worked as a helper at Margaret hospital and took sewing on the side. Then in 1941, she got a job at Maxwell fields, a nearby air force base.She chose these jobs because she needed a good paying job.Later, she got arrested for not giving up her seat for a white man.She helped her cellmates out of jail. later, there was a boycott when Rosa was in jail. Rosa won the presidential freedom award.later, Rosa and Ramond made several programs.Rosa parks died on October 24, 2005 of progressive dementia.

Interesting Facts :There is a librairy, in Rosa's honor, in Montgomery, Alabama. Rosa parks worked with martin luther king jr.

Quotes :"I was not tired physicaly tired, or not more tired than i'm usually am after a working day. I was not old,although some people had a vision of me being old.I'm fourty-two. No The only tired I was, was tired of giving up." Rosa Parks. I would like to be known as a person who is concerned about freedom ,equality,justice, and prosperity for all people.

References : www.rosaparksfacts.com/rosa-parks-biography.php Rosa Parks mother of the civil rights movement