https://padlet.com/drivera2_20/h907f3jiw1rj Civil Rights Activist en-us 2019-03-04 15:59:46 UTC 2019-03-11 03:35:22 UTC hello@padlet.com drivera2_20 https://padlet.com/drivera2_20/h907f3jiw1rj/wish/337522440 Parks was born in Tuskegee, Alabama.
She went to local schools, but dropped out to look after her grandmother, who was once a slave.
In 1932, she married Raymond Parks.
She attended meetings defending the rights of African Americans.]]> 2019-03-04 16:04:29 UTC https://padlet.com/drivera2_20/h907f3jiw1rj/wish/337522440 drivera2_20 https://padlet.com/drivera2_20/h907f3jiw1rj/wish/337604615 On December 1, 1955 Rosa boarded a bus in downtown, Alabama. She paid her fare and sat in the first row of reserved blacks seats. The bus driver was the same man who left her in the rain in the past. As the bus filled, there were white men standing so the bus driver told four African Americans to get up. Among those four, Parks was one of them and she refused her seat. At that point, the bus driver called the police to arrest Parks.]]> 2019-03-04 18:33:39 UTC https://padlet.com/drivera2_20/h907f3jiw1rj/wish/337604615 drivera2_20 https://padlet.com/drivera2_20/h907f3jiw1rj/wish/337605439 "Each person must live their life as a model for others."
"All I was dong was trying to get home from work."]]> 2019-03-04 18:35:34 UTC https://padlet.com/drivera2_20/h907f3jiw1rj/wish/337605439 drivera2_20 https://padlet.com/drivera2_20/h907f3jiw1rj/wish/337606173  Rosa worked as a seamstress for many years due to losing her job in a department store after the bus boycott.
In 1965, she was hired as John Conyer’s secretary until her retirement in 1988.]]> 2019-03-04 18:37:01 UTC https://padlet.com/drivera2_20/h907f3jiw1rj/wish/337606173 drivera2_20 https://padlet.com/drivera2_20/h907f3jiw1rj/wish/337607117 - Presidential Medal of Freedom(1996)
- Congressional Gold Medal(1997)]]> 2019-03-04 18:38:45 UTC https://padlet.com/drivera2_20/h907f3jiw1rj/wish/337607117 drivera2_20 https://padlet.com/drivera2_20/h907f3jiw1rj/wish/337607978 1. Rosa has written four books.
2. She attended her first “State of the Union Address” in 1999.
3. At the time of her arrest, she was preparing for a major youth conference.
4. Rosa was the eldest sibling from her parents Leona and James.]]> 2019-03-04 18:40:18 UTC https://padlet.com/drivera2_20/h907f3jiw1rj/wish/337607978 drivera2_20 https://padlet.com/drivera2_20/h907f3jiw1rj/wish/339792441 2019-03-11 03:26:31 UTC https://padlet.com/drivera2_20/h907f3jiw1rj/wish/339792441