https://padlet.com/1105156/9mjlysrs6xak9tyt Place one sentence here that describes your figure. Ex. "Andy Lock was a famous and hilarious History teacher during the COVID-19 pandemic." en-us 2022-05-10 13:52:08 UTC 2022-05-10 14:59:25 UTC hello@padlet.com 1105156 https://padlet.com/1105156/9mjlysrs6xak9tyt/wish/2177653546 Rosa Parks was born on February 4, 1913. Lived in Tuskegee, Alabama, United States.]]> 2022-05-10 13:57:48 UTC https://padlet.com/1105156/9mjlysrs6xak9tyt/wish/2177653546 1105156 https://padlet.com/1105156/9mjlysrs6xak9tyt/wish/2177659650 Rosa Parks started Pine Level segregated school before going to Miss White's Montgomery Industrial School, then Alabama State Teachers College to complete her high school education. However, in 1929, Rosa Parks dropped out in her junior year to meet family obligations.]]> 2022-05-10 14:01:08 UTC https://padlet.com/1105156/9mjlysrs6xak9tyt/wish/2177659650 1105156 https://padlet.com/1105156/9mjlysrs6xak9tyt/wish/2177677542 Rosa Parks met the love of her life in the spring of 1931, one Raymond Parks. Though she considered him "too white," he proposed to her on the second date, according to the Library of Congress.]]> 2022-05-10 14:10:17 UTC https://padlet.com/1105156/9mjlysrs6xak9tyt/wish/2177677542 1105156 https://padlet.com/1105156/9mjlysrs6xak9tyt/wish/2177686809 Rosa Parks joined the NAACP. Her husband Raymond had already been active in the group because of the Scottsboro Boys. She later became the secretary to E.D. Nixon, the president of the chapter. She tirelessly worked to investigate cases, helped establish the Committee for Equal Justice for the Rights.]]> 2022-05-10 14:14:20 UTC https://padlet.com/1105156/9mjlysrs6xak9tyt/wish/2177686809 1105156 https://padlet.com/1105156/9mjlysrs6xak9tyt/wish/2177693909 Rosa Parks earned her name in the history books as the first lady of civil rights by refusing to give up her seat. Rosa Parks wasn't the first and had a history with this driver, her arrest helped the NAACP to showcase the mistreatment of Black Americans.]]> 2022-05-10 14:17:49 UTC https://padlet.com/1105156/9mjlysrs6xak9tyt/wish/2177693909 1105156 https://padlet.com/1105156/9mjlysrs6xak9tyt/wish/2177705388 Park's arrest sparked a nation and led to the Montgomery bus boycott. The boycott was successful in getting the movement for Black equality started. She worked tirelessly in the boycott efforts coordinating carpools and speaking.]]> 2022-05-10 14:24:17 UTC https://padlet.com/1105156/9mjlysrs6xak9tyt/wish/2177705388 1105156 https://padlet.com/1105156/9mjlysrs6xak9tyt/wish/2177711598 Due to her role in the Alabama bus boycott, the lives of Rosa Parks and her family were constantly threatened, and she was unable to find work. Therefore, Rosa and her husband made the decision to move to Detroit.]]> 2022-05-10 14:27:24 UTC https://padlet.com/1105156/9mjlysrs6xak9tyt/wish/2177711598 1105156 https://padlet.com/1105156/9mjlysrs6xak9tyt/wish/2177719575 Along with Martin Luther King Jr. and other prolific Black leaders, Rosa Parks took part in the March on Washington in August of 1953. Unlike Martin Luther King and his famous I Have a Dream speech, Parks was not asked to speak, but she was recognized during a tribute.]]> 2022-05-10 14:31:33 UTC https://padlet.com/1105156/9mjlysrs6xak9tyt/wish/2177719575 1105156 https://padlet.com/1105156/9mjlysrs6xak9tyt/wish/2177730808 In September of 1996, Rosa Parks was honored by President Bill Clinton with the Presidential Medal of Freedom for her stand in Montgomery, Alabama. However, she was unable to attend the ceremony. She was also bestowed with the Congressional Gold Medal in June of 1999.]]> 2022-05-10 14:37:40 UTC https://padlet.com/1105156/9mjlysrs6xak9tyt/wish/2177730808 1105156 https://padlet.com/1105156/9mjlysrs6xak9tyt/wish/2177734775 On October 25th, Rosa Parks died in her Detroit home at the age of 92. Surrounded by close friends, she died of natural causes.]]> 2022-05-10 14:39:53 UTC https://padlet.com/1105156/9mjlysrs6xak9tyt/wish/2177734775