Question

Write down 5 new facts (full sentences) you learned about Rosa Parks and what she did.

Answer 1

5 new facts about Rosa Parks are:

• Rosa Parks was an American activist, who is most well-known for the role she played in the Montgomery bus boycott, a consequence of when she refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man in a Montgomery bus.
• The "Rosa Parks Story" is a film made in 2002 which is an autobiographical story made on Parks.
• At 19 years old, Rosa Parks married a local barber by the name of Raymond Parks.
• Martin Luther King Jr. later wrote in appreciation of Rosa Parks for providing a catalyst for the protests against the laws of segregation.
• Rosa Parks' mother was employed as a teacher and her father was a carpenter.

Answer 2

1. Rosa Parks’ mother was a teacher and her father was a carpenter. Her ancestry included African, Scots-Irish, and Native American.

2. She graduated high school in 1933. At this time, less than 7% of African-Americans had a high school diploma.

3. Parks became involved in the Civil Rights Movement as early as December 1943. She was elected as a secretary and organized “The Committee for Equal Justice for Mrs. Recy Taylor.” It is known by the Chicago Defender as “the strongest campaign for equal justice to be seen in a decade.”

4. Rosa and her husband were active members of the League of Women Voters.

5. In 1992, she published her autobiography entitled Rosa Parks: My Story.