Rosa Parks was an African-American civil known as the “mother of the civil right movements”. In the 20th century, she subdued an act of brave transformed American thinking of the black community.
Born on February 4, 1913, in Tuskegee, Alabama. Rosa finished elementary school, in the 1920s, she went to the industrial school and Alabama State Teacher’s College. She has to cut short in her high school diploma because her mother became very ill. In 1932, she married with Raymond Parks who supported and encouraged her formal education, so she graduated in 2 years later.
The Montgomery city segregated many years for white people and black people such as school, churches, and stores. Usually, it signed “For Colored Only” or “For White Only”. It …show more content…
She went to the station and led African-American group to the Freedom Train because this opportunity shows them that everyone should have the same treat.
On December 1, 1955, she made her arrested and became a famous person because she did not want to give her chair to a white passenger. After Rosa arrested, many black people could not do anything. Africans were not allowed to ride buses, use the bus, and go to the store due to the bus boycott for 381 days. However, the bus boycott became the most successful for against racial segregation.
Several years later, after the boycott, they moved to Detroit, Michigan. She met Bill Clinton to attend civil rights meetings, and she was the first International Freedom Conductor in 1998. One year later, Rosa rewarded the Congressional Gold Medal as the Presidential Medal of Freedom. She has written 4 books. In 1992, one of the books she wrote was an autobiography named Rosa Parks: My Story.
Rosa was an icon and the leading spokesperson of the civil rights movement in America. She died peacefully on October 24,
Born on February 4, 1913, in Tuskegee, Alabama. Rosa finished elementary school, in the 1920s, she went to the industrial school and Alabama State Teacher’s College. She has to cut short in her high school diploma because her mother became very ill. In 1932, she married with Raymond Parks who supported and encouraged her formal education, so she graduated in 2 years later.
The Montgomery city segregated many years for white people and black people such as school, churches, and stores. Usually, it signed “For Colored Only” or “For White Only”. It …show more content…
She went to the station and led African-American group to the Freedom Train because this opportunity shows them that everyone should have the same treat.
On December 1, 1955, she made her arrested and became a famous person because she did not want to give her chair to a white passenger. After Rosa arrested, many black people could not do anything. Africans were not allowed to ride buses, use the bus, and go to the store due to the bus boycott for 381 days. However, the bus boycott became the most successful for against racial segregation.
Several years later, after the boycott, they moved to Detroit, Michigan. She met Bill Clinton to attend civil rights meetings, and she was the first International Freedom Conductor in 1998. One year later, Rosa rewarded the Congressional Gold Medal as the Presidential Medal of Freedom. She has written 4 books. In 1992, one of the books she wrote was an autobiography named Rosa Parks: My Story.
Rosa was an icon and the leading spokesperson of the civil rights movement in America. She died peacefully on October 24,