the story of my life
written by Rosa Parks
my childhood
- born in tuskegee , alabama
- grew up very scared because of my race
- my mother and grandfather were a great impact o my life
before the famous bus ride
- worked as a seamstress
- husband named Raymon
- no children
and the ride begins
the day of my famous ride
- got off early
- payed my fine
- went to the back of the bus,were not enough seats
- sat in mixed section by a friend
- white man boards the bus
- i refused to move
- i was tired of whites getting there way
- i was arrested
life after the ride
- a bus boycott started
- lasted 381 days
- one of the biggest civil rights movements ever
- stated small ended big
MY LEGACY
- made a difference in afican American lifes everywhere
- one of the biggest boycotts in history
- rosa parks museum
Larry King Live - 1995: Rosa Parks says she isn't bitter
bibliography
- "Death of an Icon." Teen Newsweek (Vol. 7, No. 9). Nov. 7 2005: 4+. SIRS Discoverer. Web. 04 Mar. 2016.
- DeWitt, Lynda. "When I Was a Kid: Rosa Parks." National Geographic World. Feb. 1998: 19. SIRS Discoverer. Web. 02 Mar. 2016.
- Giovanni, Nikki, and Bryan Collier. Rosa. New York: Henry Holt, 2005. Print
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eP1PeR4huuM