Why Is Rosa Parks Important
Rosa Parks
Hannah Dinwiddie
American History
Matt Walker 4th Hour
April 9th 2017
Rosa Parks did not stand up for her rights, she sat down for them. Rosa Parks was born in Tuskegee Alabama on February 4, 1913. Her family later moved to Pine Level, Alabama. Rosa’s mother was a teacher, so that influenced Rosa to want to also become a teacher when she grew up. Rosa moved to Montgomery, Alabama, at age 11. She left highschool early in order to care for her sick grandmother. She married Raymond Parks, a well educated young man, when she was 19. Rosa Parks later worked as a seamstress and joined the NAACP. The importance of Rosa Parks is demonstrated through racial discrimination, her role on civil rights movement, the people …show more content…
After Parks took the test, she was confident that she passed, she knew all the right answers. She waited a few weeks but the voter registration card never came. Due to Rosa being persistent, she decided to try to take it again. She took the test again in 1944, but then again she did not pass. Again in 1945 she tried again, but this time after she took the test she wrote all her answers on a piece of paper, just in case they told her that she failed again. But this time she finally got her registration card. Even though she passed the test, she still had to find the money to pay for the poll tax. She had to put together a whole weeks salary as a seamstress. Rosa Parks helped her parents a lot even when she was little. She would catch crawfish from creeks and ponds so that her mom could boil them for dinner. During crop season Rosa would help her parents in the fields. She was able to do this because black schools lasted only 5 months because most of the families needed help from their children in the fields. Rosa also worked for a wealthy white planter to bring some more money to the families income. Her job was to pick and chop cotton, and she had to do this all day. This job was pretty hard because they would get blisters on their feet that hurt so badly that they could hardly walk. They ended up having to work on their knees so that their blisters wouldn’t bleed. If a child's blisters bled and then stained the cotton then they would be beaten with a whip. When Rosa had time, she would sell eggs and chickens to make more
Hannah Dinwiddie
American History
Matt Walker 4th Hour
April 9th 2017
Rosa Parks did not stand up for her rights, she sat down for them. Rosa Parks was born in Tuskegee Alabama on February 4, 1913. Her family later moved to Pine Level, Alabama. Rosa’s mother was a teacher, so that influenced Rosa to want to also become a teacher when she grew up. Rosa moved to Montgomery, Alabama, at age 11. She left highschool early in order to care for her sick grandmother. She married Raymond Parks, a well educated young man, when she was 19. Rosa Parks later worked as a seamstress and joined the NAACP. The importance of Rosa Parks is demonstrated through racial discrimination, her role on civil rights movement, the people …show more content…
After Parks took the test, she was confident that she passed, she knew all the right answers. She waited a few weeks but the voter registration card never came. Due to Rosa being persistent, she decided to try to take it again. She took the test again in 1944, but then again she did not pass. Again in 1945 she tried again, but this time after she took the test she wrote all her answers on a piece of paper, just in case they told her that she failed again. But this time she finally got her registration card. Even though she passed the test, she still had to find the money to pay for the poll tax. She had to put together a whole weeks salary as a seamstress. Rosa Parks helped her parents a lot even when she was little. She would catch crawfish from creeks and ponds so that her mom could boil them for dinner. During crop season Rosa would help her parents in the fields. She was able to do this because black schools lasted only 5 months because most of the families needed help from their children in the fields. Rosa also worked for a wealthy white planter to bring some more money to the families income. Her job was to pick and chop cotton, and she had to do this all day. This job was pretty hard because they would get blisters on their feet that hurt so badly that they could hardly walk. They ended up having to work on their knees so that their blisters wouldn’t bleed. If a child's blisters bled and then stained the cotton then they would be beaten with a whip. When Rosa had time, she would sell eggs and chickens to make more