ROSA PARKS

Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks influenced many black people giving them hope for there freedoms. When she didn't give up her seat to a white man.

ROSA PARKS EARLY YEARS

• Father - James McCauley, Mother Leona Edwards
• Discriminated in school due to her race
• Born in Tuskegee, Alabama February 4, 1913
• Mother was an educator, Father was a carpenter
• Forced to walk to school while school provided transportation for white children

PERSONAL LIFE

• Rosa Parks married Raymond Parks on December of 1932
• Raymond Parks worked as a Barber
• Rosa had many jobs, field hand, cleaned classrooms and, seamstress

Rosa Parks?
What do you think of when you hear the name Rosa Parks? Perhaps a strong independent black woman? Rosa Parks is often recognized for not giving up her seat to a white person on a bus in Montgomey, Alabama

FACTS

• No children
• Died on October 24, 2005 at the age of 92
• One brother
• Refused to give up her seat in 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama
• Arrested December 1, 1955

WORKS CITED

• "Parks,Rosa." 2014. The Biography Channel Website. Feb 26 2014, 12:36.
• Marks Ellis, Anette and Marks Ellis Anette. " Rosa Parks," Great lived from history: The twentieth century biography reference center. Web.27 February. 2014.
• Dove, Rita. "Rosa Parks" History reference center. Web. 27. Feb. 2014.