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Name of person: Rosa ( Rosa Louis McCauley ) Parks



Born: Febuary 4 1913

Hometown: Tuskegee Alabama

Best Known For: Refusing to give up her seat on the bus for a white man on a segregated bus that lead to the Bus Boy Cott on December 1 1955

Biography:When Rosa was a little girl her throat would be so sore so she was very litttle for her age and when she finally got them out she never got healed right away. Because of the problems with her tonsils she was very small for her age and in school she was made fun. When Rosa Parks was arrested the reason she didnt get up was that she wasnt tired mentally or physiclly she wasnt old she was 42 and she was tired like we are after the end of a working day, she was tired of givng in to other people not being treated fair so no she didnt move out of her seat. Three days after Rosa died of progressive dememtia all the city buses reserved there front seats with black ribbons to honer Rosa Parks, they kept the ribbons up untill she was set to her. The trip was long, but it represented what she stood for her whole life.

Intersting Facts: Rosa Parks's husband Raymond Parks and brother Syvelster McCauley both died of cancer. She was awarded Congressional Gold Medal, Presidental Gold Medal of Freedom. She lived in Detroit she worked as a secretary for U.S. represenatives Jon Conyers. she wrote a biography called : My Story 1992.

Quotes : " the death clock is ticking by our breast, and each drop of blood measures it time , and our life is lingering forever. ,'' Friends keep you sane, a lover can warm your bed, but lonely is a soul without a mate", Never let your grand ambitions stand in the way of small but meaningful accomplishments.

Refrences: Rosa Parks Mother of The Civil Rights Movement by: Roz Morris ,Wikipedia, Google, Rosa Parks autobiograph ''My Story in 1992' by Rosa Parks Born: Febuary 4 1913

[] Hometown: Tuskegee



Best Known For: Refusing to give up her seat on the bus for a white man on a segregated bus. The conventions at the time dictated that African Americans had to give their seats if the white person wanted it she disobeyed this rule because she had just as much rights as the person who wanted to sit in this seat had.

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Interesting Facts: Everbody thinks Rosa Parks didnt give up her seat on the bus because she was tired. She wasnt tired physiclly she was just tired of giving in.

Quotes:" Dont let your grand ambitons stand in the way of the small and meaningful accomplishments". " The death clock is ticking by our breast, and each drop of blood measures its time, and our life is lingering forever". Referenc
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