Rosa Parks facts

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In fact she remembers that twelve years earlier this very same bus driver made her get off the bus and enter through the rear. Page 5. door. When the driver 

Even Queen Victoria called the fight for women's rights a “mad wicked folly” – despite being a powerful woman herself! Fascinating facts 4. Rosa Parks.

Interesting facts - Rosa Parks lost her job because she did not give up her seat on bus. Emily Davison gave up her job to dedicate time to what she believed 

Black people showed their support for Rosa by refusing to use the buses. The boycott lasted for 381 days. Rosa parks died on the 4th of December. Amazing facts 

is what they know of Rosa Parks and her involvement in the Montgomery the fact that European Americans joined the struggle later on could lead to.

Famous for her civil rights work in Montgomery Alabama

Remarks Honoring Rosa Parks at the Congressional Gold Medal Award. Ceremony. June 15 1999 only endowed by our Creator with

ABSTRACT. On December 1 1955

facts and work together to sort them into facts about Rosa Parks and facts about Emily. Davison. Key Vocabulary. History past

Rosa Parks was best known for her act of civil disobedience in December of 1955 when she refused to give up her seat on a bus to white man in Montgomery 

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Use information from the text to complete the timeline below Date Event 4 December 1913 1932 Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white passenger 

2 nov 2005 · Rosa Parks became the “Mother of the Modern Day Civil Rights Movement” when she transformed the nation on December 1 1955 by defying racist 

1 To present the facts of Rosa Parks being the catalyst to the beginning Montgomery bus boycott and the civil rights movement 2 To provide 

Segregation in America Segregation is the name of the law that separated black and white people in society at that time It seems strange to think of today 

Rosa Parks was an African-American woman who made history with her comparatively small action of sitting still on a bus which went on to spark major changes in 

4 fév 2013 · Rosa Parks also worked as a seamstress in a local department store 22 On Dec 1 1955 she refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man

Rosa Parks worked as a tailor's assistant in downtown Montgomery Alabama At 5:00 the afternoon of December 1 1955 she left the shop 

Attended a workshop at the Highlander Folk School Monteagle Tennessee in August Arrested on December 1 and charged with violating Montgomery Alabama