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Rosa Parks

Rosa Parks. The Civil Rights Hero. Early Years. She was born Feb. 4,1913 in Tuskegee, AL. She was born poor. When her parents were separated she moved to Pine Level, just outside Montgomery. She grew up on a farm with her Mom, grandparents, and younger brother. The Arrest.

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Rosa Parks

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  1. Rosa Parks The Civil Rights Hero

  2. Early Years • She was born Feb. 4,1913 in Tuskegee, AL. • She was born poor. • When her parents were separated she moved to Pine Level, just outside Montgomery. • She grew up on a farm with her Mom, grandparents, and younger brother.

  3. The Arrest • She was arrested because she would not give up her seat. • She did not give up her seat to a white man named James F. Blake. • She was in jail for one day. • Dr. Martin Luther King started a march to get Rosa out.

  4. The Later Years • Congress named her the “First Lady Of Civil Rights”. • She was named that because she used a nonviolent way to take a part in the Civil Rights movement. • After the arrest she moved north to join her family. • Then she worked as a seamstress. • She died at the age of 92 on Oct. 24, 2005.

  5. The Bus The bus in which Rosa Parks was in is on display at the Henry Ford Museum.

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