I chose to do my paper on Rosa Parks because I think she was very brave and because she didn’t use violence to get her point across. Rosa Parks was against race segregation and she expressed that in several ways. Rosa Parks was born on February 4, 1913, in Tuskegee, Alabama.(Hull, 24) She had one brother, one mother, and one father. On her fifth birthday, her father decided to leave the family because his job meant that he had to travel a lot.(Hull, 24) As a child, she suffered from chronic tonsillitis, a sore throat, and a fever. (Davis, 10) When she went to school, she had to carry all her textbooks with her to and from school. This was because there was a terrorist group called the Ku Klux Klan that hated black people. (Davis 21) Black
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For most of her adult life, she was devoted to helping stop segregation and racism all while trying to stand up for herself and struggling against the rules of segregation. Prior to having Rosa and her brother, both of Rosa’s parents worked. Her mother was an elementary school teacher, and her father was a carpenter, though he continued his job after Rosa was born. (Hull, 24) After Rosa turned five and her father left the family, Rosa didn’t see him again until she was an adult. (Hull, 24). Two weeks after Rosa Parks was released from prison for breaking the law, the company where she worked decided to close its tailoring shop, so she lost her job. (Hull, 79). Shortly after losing her job, Rosa’s husband also lost his job because he wouldn’t stop talking about Rosa and his boss didn’t want to hear her name mentioned anymore. (Hull, 79). About two weeks after being released from jail, Rosa Parks bergan a boycott against Montgomery bus laws. The boycott was started on December 5, 1955, and lasted for over a year. (Hull, 107). During the boycott, she refused to ride any of the buses and persuaded many people to follow suit. Eventually, the law was changed. Then, in 1980, she became the first woman to receive the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. peace
For most of her adult life, she was devoted to helping stop segregation and racism all while trying to stand up for herself and struggling against the rules of segregation. Prior to having Rosa and her brother, both of Rosa’s parents worked. Her mother was an elementary school teacher, and her father was a carpenter, though he continued his job after Rosa was born. (Hull, 24) After Rosa turned five and her father left the family, Rosa didn’t see him again until she was an adult. (Hull, 24). Two weeks after Rosa Parks was released from prison for breaking the law, the company where she worked decided to close its tailoring shop, so she lost her job. (Hull, 79). Shortly after losing her job, Rosa’s husband also lost his job because he wouldn’t stop talking about Rosa and his boss didn’t want to hear her name mentioned anymore. (Hull, 79). About two weeks after being released from jail, Rosa Parks bergan a boycott against Montgomery bus laws. The boycott was started on December 5, 1955, and lasted for over a year. (Hull, 107). During the boycott, she refused to ride any of the buses and persuaded many people to follow suit. Eventually, the law was changed. Then, in 1980, she became the first woman to receive the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. peace