INSPIRATION OF MAKING HOPE HAPPEN: ROSA PARKS

ROSA'S PERSONAL LIFE

• Parks attended high school in Montgomery, a laboratory school at the Alabama State Teachers' College for Negros.
• Rosa left early in the 11th grade, at the age of 16 because she had to take care of her dying grandmother and shortly after, her chronically ill mother.
• Raymond Parks, Rosa's husband, supported Rosa in her efforts to earn her high-school diploma, which she ultimately did the following year.

PARKS' CONTRIBUTIONS

• Rosa inspired Vera Johnson by holding various positions to bring changes with the Bus Boycott and Civil Rights Movement.
• Rosa Parks has inspired the community by struggling for equal rights.
• "The only tired I was, was tired of giving in" - Rosa Parks
• This quote states that Rosa Parks was tired of giving up.

CoMMUNITY BEING INSPIRED BY ROSA PARKS

• The community has been inspired by Rosa Parks by her showing that we have strength in the struggle to end segregation.
• Parks also inspired our community by showing us that we can be free and have opportunities.
• Rosa invited our community by her struggling for equal rights.

WORK CITED

• "History.com"History.com.A&E Television Networks.Web. 18 May 2015.
• "Legacy.com"Legacy.com Inspire by Rosa Parks.Web. 18 May 2015.