Rosa Parks: Born on February 4, 1913 - Died on October 24, 2005
Rosa Parks was born on February 4, 1913 in Tuskegee, Alabama. She grew up with a lot of racial discrimination. She worked as a seamstress. She was born as the “mother of the modern day civil rights movement”. Her new life adventure started when she bordered the Montgomery bus on the way home from work, that moment was one of the most moral moments in all of history. On the bus she sat near the middle. When all of the seats were filled in the bus, a white man walked in. The driver insisted that the blacks that were sitting in the front of the bus to leave, and move to the back. She decided not to take this abuse ans hate, so she refused to move. At that very moment a brawl broke out and life as we know it changed for the good. A couple months later the Civil Rights Movement Started. Rosa was now known as one of the most amazing women of all time.
During that time black people were treated very harshly. If a white man/woman was walking behind you, you would have to step off into the streets to let them pass by. In the eye of a white person, blacks were disgusting people that did not deserve to live. But, Rosa Parks will soon change everything as we know it. When she refused to give up her seat it was one of the most noble moments of all time. Because of her courageous move she has allowed black and whites to go to school together, spend time together and even work together.
She has had many accomplishments, one of them are that in 1979 is won the NAACP award for the Spingarn Medal, the
highest honor. Also in 1980 she won the NAACP Martin Luther King Jr. award. In 1983, Rosa Parks was forever remembered in the Michigan Women's Hall of Fame. Rosa Parks published a book in 1992 called My Story. The book told the story of her
life leading up to the day that she refused to give her seat up. Later on in her life she published another book called "Quiet".
Strength, told the story of her faith and how it helped her through her journey of life.
Most people hated the beginning of the civil rights movement when Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus
seat to a white man. That day was December 1, 1955. On that very day of her brave a heroic actions she was
arrested and fined for violating a city ordinance. Of her lonely act of defiance, she started a movement that will
change America as we know it. Her moral courage has affected everyone everywhere. She showed such a big amount of
nobleness and strength. When she refused to give her seat up she did not do that for everyone around her, she did it
because of her courage and nobleness.
Rosa Parks Timeline
1913- Rosa Parks was born in Tuskegee, Alabama on February 4, 1913.
1917- The family moved from Tuskegee to Pine Level, Alabama.
1924- Rosa Parks is enrolled in Montgomery Industrial School for Girls, a private institution.
1928- She attended Booker T. Washington High School for ninth grade.
1932- December 18: Married Raymond Parks, a barber, at age 19.
1939- WWII Begins
1943- She refuses to give up her seat to a white man.
1945- WWII ends
1946- June 3: The U.S. Supreme Court banned segregation in interstate bus travel.
1956- Rosa Parks loses her job as a seamstress at Montgomery Fair.
1960- May 6: President Eisenhower signs the Civil Rights Act of 1960 into law.
1962- September 30: Riots break out on the campus at the University of Mississippi
1965- February 21: Malcolm X is assassinated in New York City
1967- May 1 - October 1: Summer riots were 43 people are killed
1977- Her husband, Raymond Parks, 74, dies of cancer.
1979- Rosa Parks receives NAACP's Spingarn Medal
1992- Rosa publishes her first book, "Rosa Parks My Story"
1994- Rosa Parks is assaulted and robbed of $53 in the home she rents in Detroit. The robber is arrested and convicted
1996- Rosa Parks receives the Medal of Freedom President Bill Clinton
2001- April 30 -May 23: Filming of "The Rosa Parks Story" CBS Television Movie
2005- October 24: Rosa Parks dies on in her Detroit home
Rosa Parks was born on February 4, 1913 in Tuskegee, Alabama. She grew up with a lot of racial discrimination. She worked as a seamstress. She was born as the “mother of the modern day civil rights movement”. Her new life adventure started when she bordered the Montgomery bus on the way home from work, that moment was one of the most moral moments in all of history. On the bus she sat near the middle. When all of the seats were filled in the bus, a white man walked in. The driver insisted that the blacks that were sitting in the front of the bus to leave, and move to the back. She decided not to take this abuse ans hate, so she refused to move. At that very moment a brawl broke out and life as we know it changed for the good. A couple months later the Civil Rights Movement Started. Rosa was now known as one of the most amazing women of all time.
During that time black people were treated very harshly. If a white man/woman was walking behind you, you would have to step off into the streets to let them pass by. In the eye of a white person, blacks were disgusting people that did not deserve to live. But, Rosa Parks will soon change everything as we know it. When she refused to give up her seat it was one of the most noble moments of all time. Because of her courageous move she has allowed black and whites to go to school together, spend time together and even work together.
She has had many accomplishments, one of them are that in 1979 is won the NAACP award for the Spingarn Medal, the
highest honor. Also in 1980 she won the NAACP Martin Luther King Jr. award. In 1983, Rosa Parks was forever remembered in the Michigan Women's Hall of Fame. Rosa Parks published a book in 1992 called My Story. The book told the story of her
life leading up to the day that she refused to give her seat up. Later on in her life she published another book called "Quiet".
Strength, told the story of her faith and how it helped her through her journey of life.
Most people hated the beginning of the civil rights movement when Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus
seat to a white man. That day was December 1, 1955. On that very day of her brave a heroic actions she was
arrested and fined for violating a city ordinance. Of her lonely act of defiance, she started a movement that will
change America as we know it. Her moral courage has affected everyone everywhere. She showed such a big amount of
nobleness and strength. When she refused to give her seat up she did not do that for everyone around her, she did it
because of her courage and nobleness.
Rosa Parks Timeline
1913- Rosa Parks was born in Tuskegee, Alabama on February 4, 1913.
1917- The family moved from Tuskegee to Pine Level, Alabama.
1924- Rosa Parks is enrolled in Montgomery Industrial School for Girls, a private institution.
1928- She attended Booker T. Washington High School for ninth grade.
1932- December 18: Married Raymond Parks, a barber, at age 19.
1939- WWII Begins
1943- She refuses to give up her seat to a white man.
1945- WWII ends
1946- June 3: The U.S. Supreme Court banned segregation in interstate bus travel.
1956- Rosa Parks loses her job as a seamstress at Montgomery Fair.
1960- May 6: President Eisenhower signs the Civil Rights Act of 1960 into law.
1962- September 30: Riots break out on the campus at the University of Mississippi
1965- February 21: Malcolm X is assassinated in New York City
1967- May 1 - October 1: Summer riots were 43 people are killed
1977- Her husband, Raymond Parks, 74, dies of cancer.
1979- Rosa Parks receives NAACP's Spingarn Medal
1992- Rosa publishes her first book, "Rosa Parks My Story"
1994- Rosa Parks is assaulted and robbed of $53 in the home she rents in Detroit. The robber is arrested and convicted
1996- Rosa Parks receives the Medal of Freedom President Bill Clinton
2001- April 30 -May 23: Filming of "The Rosa Parks Story" CBS Television Movie
2005- October 24: Rosa Parks dies on in her Detroit home