©TélécHArGEr. Rosa Parks: My Story Livre. par Puffin Books

On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man on a segregated bus, sparking the Montgomery, Alabama, bus boycott. A year later, when the boycott finally ended, segregation on buses was ruled unconstitutional, the civil rights movement was a national cause, and Rosa Parks was out of a job. Yet there is much more to Rosa Parks's story than just one act of defiance. In straightforward, moving language, she tells of her vital role in the struggle for equality for all

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As Rosa Parks prepared to return to Alabama State Teacher's College, her mother also became ill, therefore, she continued to take care of their home and care for her mother while her brother, Sylvester, worked outside of the home. She received her high school diploma in 1934, after her marriage to Raymond Parks, December 18, 1932. Raymond, now deceased was born in Wedowee, Alabama, Randolph County, February 12, 1903, received little formal education due to racial segregation. He was a self

Rosa's mother passed in 1979 at the age of ninety-one. Despite Rosa having health issues of her own, she continued her role as an icon for the African-American community and founded the Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self-Development in 1987. The purpose of the program is to assist the youth in continuing education and realizing their dreams. Rosa believes that people have blown her role in the civil rights movement out of proportion, but she realizes that many people look up to her