Write An Essay On Rosa Parks

Rosa McCauley (Parks) was born in Tuskegee, Alabama , in 1913 february 4th. Rosa moved with her parents to her grandparents house in Pine Level. Rosa spent most of her childhood there. Her mother was a teacher, and her family adored education Rosa moves to Montgomery, Alabama when she was around 11years old and eventually attended High School there. She left school at 16 early in 11th grade to care for her sickly grandmother and soon after that her severely sick mom. In 1932 when she was 19 she married Raymond Parks (she then gained the last name Parks). Raymond was a self educated man who for 10 years worked as a barber and was a long term member of the NAACP ( The National Association of Advancement of Colored People). Raymond and Rosa (who had a job as a seamstress) became much respected members of Montgomery’s huge African American community. Living with white people in a
Meanwhile in town African Americans everywhere are starting a revolution by boycotting the Montgomery buses, participation was larger than expected. Appeals and related lawsuits made their way through courts everywhere and eventually made their way up to the Supreme Court. This boycott made the white population of Montgomery very angry, and also caused some violence. Mr.Edgar and MLK Jr.’s homes were bombed. Although these attacks were devastating they didn’t stop the boycotts from happening. On November 13,1956 Supreme Court judges ruled bus segregation unfair and unconstitutional. On December 20 the boycotts stopped. Rosa was facing continuous harassment even after the boycotts and even lost her job. She, her husband, and even her mother decided that the harassment was enough and moved to Detroit. Parks then became an administrative aide in the Detroit office of Congressmen in 1965, she kept this job until her retirement in