Rosa Parks by Ms. Bellew https://padlet.com/bellewh/gjqo4kzi390a Made with panache en-us 2017-06-05 19:07:58 UTC 2024-04-25 14:03:52 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Shakinghands.png Early Life/Childhood bellewh https://padlet.com/bellewh/gjqo4kzi390a/wish/175284930 - Full Name- Rosa Louise McCauley 
-She was born in Tuskegee, Alabama on February 4, 1913 to Leona and James McCauley.
-Her mother was a teacher and her father a carpenter. -She had a younger brother named Sylvester. 
-She lived in a home that encouraged freedom without consideration of race. 
-She was a grass roots activist in the pursuit of the rights for African Americans. 
-She experienced racial prejudice every day as she walked to school because school buses wouldn’t take black Americans. 
]]> 2017-06-05 21:32:33 UTC https://padlet.com/bellewh/gjqo4kzi390a/wish/175284930 Early Life/Childhood bellewh https://padlet.com/bellewh/gjqo4kzi390a/wish/175285214 - After finishing up elementary school at Pine Level she attended the Montgomery Industrial School for Girls.
-Then she attended the Alabama State Teacher's College in order to try and get her high school diploma.
-She married Raymond Parks at the age of 19. 
-Raymond was a member of the NAACP. 
]]> 2017-06-05 21:34:52 UTC https://padlet.com/bellewh/gjqo4kzi390a/wish/175285214 Early Life bellewh https://padlet.com/bellewh/gjqo4kzi390a/wish/175285387 -Rosa interested in equality allowed her to join the NAACP and work in the Montgomery, Alabama chapter as well as the position of secretary to the chapter’s President. ]]> 2017-06-05 21:36:30 UTC https://padlet.com/bellewh/gjqo4kzi390a/wish/175285387 Involvement in the Civil Rights Movement bellewh https://padlet.com/bellewh/gjqo4kzi390a/wish/175285927 -Rosa refused to give up her seat to a white man on a bus like she was suppose to.
-This verified her belief as an activist to demand equality for all people. 
-Rosa was arrested for not giving up her seat. 
-A boycott was organized by the NAACP to not support public transportation 
-The estimated 40,000 Black Americans supported the boycott and buses appeared, almost completely empty.
]]> 2017-06-05 21:41:35 UTC https://padlet.com/bellewh/gjqo4kzi390a/wish/175285927 After the Civil Rights Movement bellewh https://padlet.com/bellewh/gjqo4kzi390a/wish/175286191 -She went on to work as a receptionist and secretary in the congressional office of the U.S. Representative John Conyer
-She was on the Planned Parenthood Federation of America board 
-She published her autobiography “Rosa Parks: My Story” in 1992 and her second book of memoirs “Quiet Strength” in 1995. 
-Rosa Parks passed away in Detroit, Michigan at the age of 92. 
]]> 2017-06-05 21:44:02 UTC https://padlet.com/bellewh/gjqo4kzi390a/wish/175286191 Accomplishments bellewh https://padlet.com/bellewh/gjqo4kzi390a/wish/175286628 -She received several awards including: the NAACP Highest award, the Spingarn Medal; the Martin Luther King Jr. award, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
-She was also given the highest award given by the U.S. legislative branch, Congressional Gold Medal in 1997. 
-Rosa Parks was named the TIME magazine list of “The Top 20 most influential People of the 20th Century” 
]]> 2017-06-05 21:48:50 UTC https://padlet.com/bellewh/gjqo4kzi390a/wish/175286628 Involvement in the Civil Rights Movement bellewh https://padlet.com/bellewh/gjqo4kzi390a/wish/175286825 -The Boycott continued for months leading to a lawsuit to begin to fight the laws 
-The court ruled that the law supporting Jim Crow laws were unconstitutional and could not be enforced.
-Rosa arrest sent out a huge message to many people
-She became a symbol for the Civil Rights Movement. 
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