Rosa Parks, born on February 4, 1913, in Tuskegee, Alabama, became a pivotal figure in the Civil Rights Movement after her arrest on December 1, 1955, for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white man. Her actions sparked a boycott by 40,000 African Americans against public bus services in Montgomery, Alabama, resulting in job losses for both her and her husband. Parks is remembered for her strong belief in justice and freedom, as reflected in her quotes promoting courage and equality.

1. Rosa parks
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3. facts
She was fired from her seamstress job
because of her arrest.
She was 42 when she was arrested for
refusing to give up her seat.
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4. Rosa Parks also worked as a seamstress
in a local department store.

5. Where did Rosa Parks grow up?
Rosa grew up in the southern United
States in Alabama. Her full name was
Rosa Louise McCauley and she was born
in Tuskegee, Alabama on February 4, 1913
to Leona and James McCauley. Her
mother was a teacher and her father a
carpenter. She had a younger brother
named Sylvester.
Her parents separated while she was still
young and she, with her mother and
brother, went to live on her grandparent's
farm in the nearby town of Pine Level.
Rosa went to the local school for AfricanAmerican children where her mother was a
teacher.

6. Sitting on the Bus
It was on December 1, 1955 that Rosa
made her famous stand (while sitting) on
the bus. Rosa had settled in her seat on
the bus after a hard days work. All the
seats on the bus had filled up when a white
man boarded. The bus driver told Rosa
and some other African-Americans to stand
up. Rosa refused. The bus driver said he
would call the police. Rosa didn't move.
Soon the police showed up and Rosa was
arrested.

8. On December 1, 1955, during a
typical evening rush hour in
Montgomery, Alabama, a 42-yearold woman took a seat on the bus
on her way home from the
Montgomery Fair department store
where she worked as a seamstress.
Before she reached her destination,
she quietly set off a social
revolution when the bus driver
instructed her to move back, and
she refused. Rosa Parks, an African
American, was arrested that day for
violating a city law requiring racial
segregation of public buses.

9. On December
8th Rosa Parks had
a trial and was found
guilty. She had to
pay a $10 fine plus a
court fee of $4 for a
total of $14.

10. During boycott an
estimated 40,000
AfricanAmericans
stopped using
the public bus.

11. Rosa Parks and
her husband
both lost their
jobs.

12. Rosa Parks Quotes
“I have learned over the years that when
one’s mind is made up, this diminishes
fear; knowing what must be done does
away with fear.”
“I would like to be remembered as a
person who wants to be free…so other
people would also be free.”
“All I was doing was trying to get home
from work.”
“You must never be fearful about what you
are doing when it’s right.”
“No one can make you feel inferior without
your consent.”
“I believe we are here on the planet Earth
to live, grow up and do what we can to
make this world a better place for all
people to enjoy freedom.”