Montgomery Bus Boycott: Rosa Parks
Have you ever heard of the Montgomery Bus Boycott? Do you know who started it all? Well, listen carefully to find out more about this amazing, influential person. First of all, family was very important to Rosa Parks. She was born on February fourth, 1913 in Tuskegee, Alabama. Her maiden name is Rosa Louise McCauley. When Parks was sixteen years old, 1929, she dropped out of high school to help her grandmother. Her grandmother was very ill. After all Parks had gone through, about a month later, she passed away. This was a very tragic event for Parks because she was so close to her.
When she was eleven years old, she enrolled in the Montgomery Industrial School for Girls, a school for African-Americans. She received her high school diploma
at age twenty-one in 1934. In 1943, Parks tried to register to vote, but did not succeed. She tried two more times, but they still said no. Two years later, in 1945, Parks copied her questions and answers by hand so she could prove later that she had passed. She received her voter’s certificate in the mail soon after. On the first day, of the the twelfth month, Parks was on a bus. A white man wanted her seat, but she said no. The police arrived and arrested her on December first, 1955. Right after Parks got arrested, the Montgomery Bus Boycott began. The boycott was started by African-Americans in her town who supported equal rights. The boycott lasted for 381 days. It ended on December twenty-first, 1956. After the boycott, Parks moved to Detroit, Michigan.
Sadly, in 1977, Parks’ husband and brother passed away. Very soon after, in 1979, Parks’ mother died. In 1995, it was the 40th anniversary for the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Parks joined marches, lectures, exhibits, and more. On October 24, 2005, Parks died of natural causes at age 92. I hope now when you see a bus driving through town, and there are African-Americans on it, you will know it is all because of one person, Rosa Parks.
When she was eleven years old, she enrolled in the Montgomery Industrial School for Girls, a school for African-Americans. She received her high school diploma
at age twenty-one in 1934. In 1943, Parks tried to register to vote, but did not succeed. She tried two more times, but they still said no. Two years later, in 1945, Parks copied her questions and answers by hand so she could prove later that she had passed. She received her voter’s certificate in the mail soon after. On the first day, of the the twelfth month, Parks was on a bus. A white man wanted her seat, but she said no. The police arrived and arrested her on December first, 1955. Right after Parks got arrested, the Montgomery Bus Boycott began. The boycott was started by African-Americans in her town who supported equal rights. The boycott lasted for 381 days. It ended on December twenty-first, 1956. After the boycott, Parks moved to Detroit, Michigan.
Sadly, in 1977, Parks’ husband and brother passed away. Very soon after, in 1979, Parks’ mother died. In 1995, it was the 40th anniversary for the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Parks joined marches, lectures, exhibits, and more. On October 24, 2005, Parks died of natural causes at age 92. I hope now when you see a bus driving through town, and there are African-Americans on it, you will know it is all because of one person, Rosa Parks.