Civil Rights

1. Rosa Parks Shelby West

2. Rosa Parks’s Picture

3. The Life Of Rosa Parks Rosa Parks was born February 4,1913 and lived in Tuskegee Alabama. When Rosa Parks was a young girl her mom and dad had seperated and Rosa’s mom had moved them to her parent’s house. African Americans including Rosa Parks were forced to attend a school that had only one room.

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5. The Refusal That Started It All When Rosa Parks was older she refused to give up her seat to a white passenger. When she did that ,that started a boycott in other cities. Her refusal helped launched efforts to end segregation of public facilties nation wide.

6. Info On The Boycott Montgomery Alabama has a city code where all public transportation is required to be segregated. The bus drivers must carry out that code and they have the power to act as a policeman if need be.