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Rosa Parks

Rosa McCauly Parks was born in Tuskegee, Alabama, in 1913 and grew up on a small farm.
When her mother had saved enough money to pay for it, Rosa had began to attend a private school when
she was 11 years old. But, while she was attending high school, her mother had become ill so she had to
quit. After quitting high school, she got a job as a house servant and began sending money back to her
family. When she married Raymond Parks, she returned to high school and graduated.
In 1943 she joined the NAACP and worked to ensure voting rights for blacks.
One evening shortly after 5:00 PM on Thursday, December 1, 1955 while coming home from work, she
boarded a bus and sat down. According to Montgomery law, blacks had to sit in the back of the bus, and
give up their seats to whites when they came on the bus. When she was asked to give up her seat, she
refused. Immediately, the driver stopped the bus and called two policemen. Mrs. Parks was arrested and
taken to jail.......


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