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Title: Rosa parks


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Rosa parks
By A.A.E.
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THIS IS A SCHOOL FOR BLACKS ONLY. THIS WOULD BE
ONE OF THE SCHOOLS MY BROTHERS AND I WOULD GO TO
IF IT WASNT FOR ROSA PARKS AND OTHER PEOPLE, IF
WE LIVED DOWN IN ALABAMA.
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Her Jail Window
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The bus she was arrested on
                                                
                           
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Click here for her speech
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  • this is her court paper

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Some of the rules in the1950s
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The bus rules
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ROSA PARKS WAS BORN IN 1913 AND DIED WHEN SHE WAS
92 IN 2005
ONLY THE GOOD DIE YOUNG BUT YOURE NOT YOUNG NO
OFFENCE
Her casket
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THIS IS THE REAL REPORT THAT SHE HAD TO FILL OUT
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This is a diagram of where ROSA sat on the bus
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"To this day I believe we are here on the planet
Earth to live, grow up and do what we can to make
this world a better place for all people to enjoy
freedom." --Mrs. Rosa Parks--
(Chinue did this page)
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The Rosa Parks Museum
Rosa parks had a museum of her and what she did
and all about her childhood and stuff like that
on the spot that she was arrested on. They made
that museum a little more than 40 yrs. After she
was arrested.
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(Rosa Parks Bld.)
I think this is supposed to be a copy of the real
bus but its spray painted in polka-dots (witch
my sis would love)
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Rosa parks is a picture in a art gallery
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The end and thank you
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Theres more to ROSA PARKS!!)
  • FEBRUARY 4, 1913, ROSA MCCAULEY WAS BORN IN
    TUSKEGEE, ALABAMA
  • ROSA STRUGGLED AND ALSO HAD TO PAY TO GET AN
    EDUCATION NOT AVAILABLE TO MOST Blacks AT THE
    TIME
  • ROSA MET RAYMOND PARKS, ONE YEAR LATER SHE
    MARRIED HIM ON DECEMBER 19,1932
  • IN 1943, ROSA WENT TO HER FIRST NAACP METTING,
    SHE WAS ELECTED BECAUSE SHE COULD TYPE
  • IN 1955, ROSA ATTENED HIGHLANDER FOLK SCHOOL AND
    LEARNED WAYS TO TRY TO END SEGREGATION
  • IN 1963, ROSA ATTENED THE LARGEST CIVIL RIGHT
    MEETING EVER HELD IN WASHINGTON, D.C

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  • ROSA CONTINUED TO WORK FORCIVIL RIGHTS AND THE
    NAACP
  • IN 1965, SHE WORKED FOR DETROIT CONGRESSMAN JOHN
    CONYERS AS HIS OFFICE MANAGER
  • DURING THE 1970S AND 80S SHE GAVE SPEECHES
    ABOUT CIVIL RIGHTS,TRAVELING OFTON
  • IN 1979, ROSA WON THE SPINGARN MEDAL, THE NAACPS
    HIGHEST HONOR
  • IN 1987, THE ROGER JOSEPH PRIZE WAS GIVEN TO HER
    . THIS PRIZE CAME WITH A 10,000 AWARD. SHE USED
    THIS MONEY FOR A NEW ORGANIZATION SHE STARTED,
    THE ROSA RAYMOND PARKS INSTITUTE FOR SLEF
    DEVELOPMENT.
  • IN 1988, ROSA WAS HONERED BY BEING INTRODUCED
    DURING THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION BY
    JESSE JACKSON
  • IN 1996, SHE RECEIVED THE PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL IF
    FREEDOM FROM PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON
  • IN 1999 ANOTHER OF THE COUNTRYS HIGHTEST AWARDS
    WAS GIVEN TO HER, THE CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL.
  • TROY STATE UNIVERSITY OF MONTGOMERY OPENED THE
    ROSA PARKS LIBRARY MUSEUM ON THE SPOT SHE WAS
    ARRESTED MORE THAN 40 YEARS EARLIER IN 2000.
  • ROSA PARKS HAS RECEIVED MORE THAN 43 HONORARY
    DEGREES FROM UNIVERSITIESCOLLEGES FOR HER WORK
    IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT
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