https://padlet.com/4266321/84i9gsecurjmb6v7 Made with good vibes en-us 2022-05-19 17:10:37 UTC 2022-05-27 07:22:12 UTC hello@padlet.com 4266321 https://padlet.com/4266321/84i9gsecurjmb6v7/wish/2196260267 So a white man came up to me and told me to get out my seat so he can sit down, and I didn't listen to him. The problem soon escalated to the cops getting involved and I was arrested.]]> 2022-05-23 17:27:04 UTC https://padlet.com/4266321/84i9gsecurjmb6v7/wish/2196260267 4266321 https://padlet.com/4266321/84i9gsecurjmb6v7/wish/2196278362 I was born on February 4, 1913, and I and my fam throw a huge birthday party every year.]]> 2022-05-23 17:39:02 UTC https://padlet.com/4266321/84i9gsecurjmb6v7/wish/2196278362 4266321 https://padlet.com/4266321/84i9gsecurjmb6v7/wish/2198063796 Tuskegee, Alabama, is where I spent most of my youth. I spent my childhood learning how to read and helping my mother on the farm. I also learned to cook and sew.]]> 2022-05-24 17:22:05 UTC https://padlet.com/4266321/84i9gsecurjmb6v7/wish/2198063796 4266321 https://padlet.com/4266321/84i9gsecurjmb6v7/wish/2198078962 All my childhood was so greatly influenced by segregation. When I was six I attended Montgomery Industrial School for Girls an elementary school for girls of color. I always had to walk to school since there weren't buses for black people where I lived.]]> 2022-05-24 17:32:39 UTC https://padlet.com/4266321/84i9gsecurjmb6v7/wish/2198078962 4266321 https://padlet.com/4266321/84i9gsecurjmb6v7/wish/2200455553 I first attended a rural school in Pine Level, Alabama. When I completed my education in Pine Level, I enrolled at Montgomery Industrial School for Girls, and after graduating I went to Alabama State Teacher’s College High School. However I was unable to graduate since my grandmother and mother became very sick and had to take of them.]]> 2022-05-26 05:55:33 UTC https://padlet.com/4266321/84i9gsecurjmb6v7/wish/2200455553 4266321 https://padlet.com/4266321/84i9gsecurjmb6v7/wish/2201845206 Married my husband Raymond Park when I was 19. I married him in 1932.]]> 2022-05-27 05:55:29 UTC https://padlet.com/4266321/84i9gsecurjmb6v7/wish/2201845206 4266321 https://padlet.com/4266321/84i9gsecurjmb6v7/wish/2201853900 Received the medal of freedom from President Bill Clinton in 1996. This is the highest honor that can be given to a citizen, and I got it.]]> 2022-05-27 06:04:54 UTC https://padlet.com/4266321/84i9gsecurjmb6v7/wish/2201853900 4266321 https://padlet.com/4266321/84i9gsecurjmb6v7/wish/2201864753 I traveled throughout the country spreading awareness and raising money for the movement, and for my role in the movement I was nicknamed the This is the highest honor that can be bestowed upon a civilian by the United States Government.]]> 2022-05-27 06:16:26 UTC https://padlet.com/4266321/84i9gsecurjmb6v7/wish/2201864753 4266321 https://padlet.com/4266321/84i9gsecurjmb6v7/wish/2201872538 After my retirement in 1988, I wrote my autobiography "My Story" which recounts my life leading up until now.]]> 2022-05-27 06:25:12 UTC https://padlet.com/4266321/84i9gsecurjmb6v7/wish/2201872538 4266321 https://padlet.com/4266321/84i9gsecurjmb6v7/wish/2201881882 In 1999, Time Magazine  named me as one of the 100 most influential and iconic figures of the 20th century.]]> 2022-05-27 06:35:07 UTC https://padlet.com/4266321/84i9gsecurjmb6v7/wish/2201881882 4266321 https://padlet.com/4266321/84i9gsecurjmb6v7/wish/2201888502 In February 1987, along with my husband, co-founded The Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute For Self Development. I started this to teach the youth about the Civil Rights movement.]]> 2022-05-27 06:42:55 UTC https://padlet.com/4266321/84i9gsecurjmb6v7/wish/2201888502 4266321 https://padlet.com/4266321/84i9gsecurjmb6v7/wish/2201897597 I worked as a secretary for more than 20 years from 1965 to until my retirement in 1988.]]> 2022-05-27 06:53:33 UTC https://padlet.com/4266321/84i9gsecurjmb6v7/wish/2201897597 4266321 https://padlet.com/4266321/84i9gsecurjmb6v7/wish/2201904636 In the 1940s me and my husband were very active members of the League of Women Voters which helps women take a larger role in public affairs after they won the right to vote.]]> 2022-05-27 07:01:21 UTC https://padlet.com/4266321/84i9gsecurjmb6v7/wish/2201904636 4266321 https://padlet.com/4266321/84i9gsecurjmb6v7/wish/2201910980 In 1986 I retired when my husband was diagnosed with cancer.]]> 2022-05-27 07:08:20 UTC https://padlet.com/4266321/84i9gsecurjmb6v7/wish/2201910980 4266321 https://padlet.com/4266321/84i9gsecurjmb6v7/wish/2201922938 One memory I had when I was very young is when the Klu Klux Klan marched down the street yelling at people which made me extremely angry.]]> 2022-05-27 07:21:38 UTC https://padlet.com/4266321/84i9gsecurjmb6v7/wish/2201922938