Rosa Parks -
Born on - 1913
Home town - Alabama
Died - 2005
Rosa Parks's parents divorced, and she moved with her mum to her grandparents house. She went to school there. When she went to high school, she studied hard, but at the age of 16, she stopped because she had to take care of her mum. When she was 19, she got married. Then one day, when she was on the bus, she sat in front seat, together with the white people, she refused to move, so she got arrested and was fined. But she didn't want to pay the fine.
After this problem, the black people got angry, so they started a protest. They stoped going on busses to stop the busses from moving. Then on 1956, they rewarded. Now the black people can sit in the front with the white people on busses, trains and other type of transports. This changed the United States.
Rosa Parks was known as 'The mother of the civil rights movement'.
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ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing your view on Rosa Parks action. Rosa Parks stood up to racism, which is an incredibly brave thing to do. Is there any other role models or people you know who are brave?
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