A sad fact about Rosa was she did not attend school until she was eleven but she was taught by her mother. Life for Rosa was hard because she was she was dealing with racism in her years. The Jim Crow laws which separate blacks from whites, these laws were harsh mainly to black people.Thursday December 1,1995 Rosa Park was arrested. Rosa was a member of the African Methodist Episcopal church.
Rosa Parks wouldn’t give up her seat to a white man and Rosa Parks got arrested for that reason. Around 1994 the KKK was sponsored by the instate. She was fired because she was …show more content…
Rosa Parks was inducted in 1983 in michigan women's hall of fame. In 1999 she also was presented with a congressional gold medal.
She was a civil rights activist for most of her hard life. In 2000 she was given another award from alabama academy.She was awarded two dozen award as honorary doctorates from universities worldwide.
she passed on October 24, 2005 She was suffering from dementia when. The rosa parks transit center opened in detroit on july 14 2009. when she died she wanted to the world to be not segregated. One of her most popular quotes she said was “i knew someone had to take the first step and i made up my mind to not to move.” She didn’t want to move because she was tired of people telling her what to do.
Rosa had some inspiring quotes.‘I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this ‘’I knew someone had to take the first step and I made up my mind not to move.’
diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear.’Rosa