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The Life Of Rosa Parks

Rosa Parks was born February 4,1913 and lived in Tuskegee Alabama.

When Rosa Parks was a young girl her mom and dad had seperated and Rosa’s mom had moved them to her parent’s house.

African Americans including Rosa Parks were forced to attend a school that had only one room.

Sources

www.biography.com

The Refusal That Started It All

When Rosa Parks was older she refused to give up her seat to a white passenger.

When she did that ,that started a boycott in other cities.

Her refusal helped launched efforts to end segregation of public facilties nation wide.

Info On The Boycott

Montgomery Alabama has a city code where all public transportation is required to be segregated.

The bus drivers must carry out that code and they have the power to act as a policeman if need be.