1. Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks is a very interesting person and made a huge impact on this world in
fact here is a quote from her- "At the time I was arrested, I had no idea it would turn
into this. It was just a day like any other day. The only thing that made it significant was
that the masses of people joined in." That day Rosa Parks did not know she was
making history.
Now let's start at the beginning and talk about Rosa Parks childhood. Rosa Parks
was born on February 4th 1913 in Tuskegee Alabama and she was born 50 years after
slavery. Her family members included her Mom named Leona Mccauley her Dad

2. James Mccauley and her brother Sylvester Mccauley, Sylvester was two years younger
than Rosa Parks (1915).
Next, we will talk about some of her important life events as an adult. In 1932 she
married Raymond Parks and they made the decision to have no kids. Rosa Parks was
apart of the NAACP(National Association for the Advancement of Colored People). She
was the leader of the group. One of the most important things she did and was she
stood up to a bus driver when the bus driver told her to give up her seat to a white men
when she was sitting in the neutral section. Rosa Parks was on the bus with 3 other
African American people 2 were sitting in the section across from her and one with his
son was sitting right next to her. The black section was full so she had no choice but to
sit in the neutral section and everything was fine until they stopped at the third stop
and that is when the man came on board. Once Rosa Parks said no to the bus driver he
called the police. Rosa Parks was in jail for one day the date of the day she was arrested
was December 1st 1955 for civil disobedience. She payed the fine of 15 dollars in order
for her to get out early. The NAACP made a plan for a boycott to not ride the bus and
later the law was lifted. Unfortunately Rosa Parks died on October 24, 2005.
Some of Rosa Parks achievements and awards are in 1979 the NAACP awarded
her with the Spingarn Medal which is there highest honor, 1980 NAACP awarded her
with the Martin Luther King Jr. Award, 1983 she was inducted into the Michigan's
Women Hall of Fame, 1990 she had the honor of welcoming Nelson Mandela after he
was imprisoned, September 1992 she was awarded with the Peace Abby award for
many reasons, Martin Luther King Jr.'s I had a dream speech was encouraged by Rosa
Parks, Rosa Parks wrote a book called "My Story" and it was published in in 1992, she
also published a book called "Quiet Strength" to tell what she felt that day, 1996 she was
awarded by president Bill Clinton the presidential medal of freedom. Which is the
highest award the government can give. Next, the Underground Rail Association gave
her the International Freedom Conductor Award, in 1999 she was awarded with the
Congressional Gold Medal, in 1999 she got the Detroit-Winsder International Freedom
Award, 1999 Time Magazine named her the top 20 most powerful figures, 2000 Alabama
gave her the the Governors Medal of Honor and she received the Alabama Academy
Award the same year, December 2000 Rosa Parks library and museum was dedicated on
a campus in Troy University in Alabama. The museum is famous for a statue of Rosa
Parks sitting on a bus bench.

3. Although Rosa Parks achieved so much she still had obstacles to overcome.
Such as she was a black women in the time when people of color where treated harshly,
and she was a women which limited her rights even more.
Last but not least, here are some of Rosa Parks character traits. She was a
small soft spoken woman who was determined to do the right thing and she always
knew what the right thing was to do. She knew that just because you were a different
race than someone else you shouldn't be treated differently. And most importantly she
was a leader.
In conclusion, Rosa Parks changed the course of history and did it by using
the word no. The best part is she didn't know she would change history by using two
letter word.