Rosa+Parks

 Rosa Louise McCauley Parks is the name of a famous black woman. On February 4, 1913 Rosa Parks was born. Rosa Parks was the granddaughter of former slaves. Rosa Parks was known as the Mother of the Modern Day Civil Rights Movement. Rosa in 1932 got married to Raymond Parks. He was part of the NAACP. Rosa attended Alabama State Teachers Collage. After she finish collage her and her husband settled in Montgomery. On December 1, 1955 Rosa and other four people were sitting in the beginning of the black section of the bus. When more white people started to get on the bus the driver told her and the four people to get up. Rosa refused to give up her seat. So the driver calls the police and she got arrested. In 1965 U.S congressional reprehensive John F. Conyers Jr. hired her as an administrative assistant till 1987. Rosa spent her last years living quietly in Detroit. On October 24, 2005 the famous Rosa Parks died. She was 92 years old when she died. Rosa Parks was the first to lie in the rotunda of the U.S capital. I could say the thing that impresses me the most about Rosa Parks was that she is a brave woman and not afraid of any thing. By.Ana Lopez