Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks (http://www.distinguishedwomen.com/biographies/parks.html)
What do you know about Rosa Parks, aside from her world-changing decision not to give up her bus seat to a white man in 1955? Learn all about this famous civil rights leader at this web site. Did you know that following the bus boycott she moved from her native Alabama to Michigan? Learn of the individuals that she worked with in order to create a better country for herself and future Americans. Read about the wonderful contributions of this citizen to our nation's history.
What do you know about Rosa Parks, aside from her world-changing decision not to give up her bus seat to a white man in 1955? Learn all about this famous civil rights leader at this web site. Did you know that following the bus boycott she moved from her native Alabama to Michigan? Learn of the individuals that she worked with in order to create a better country for herself and future Americans. Read about the wonderful contributions of this citizen to our nation's history.
Rosa Parks (http://www.womenofthehall.org/inductee/rosa-parks/)
Rosa Parks, known as "the mother of the civil rights movement," walked into history on December 1, 1955 when she refused to give up her seat for a white man on a Montgomery, Alabama bus. Read a brief description of the events of that day and the fight against discrimination. Brief biographical information about Rosa Parks is included along with a current photograph.
Rosa Parks, known as "the mother of the civil rights movement," walked into history on December 1, 1955 when she refused to give up her seat for a white man on a Montgomery, Alabama bus. Read a brief description of the events of that day and the fight against discrimination. Brief biographical information about Rosa Parks is included along with a current photograph.
The Rosa Parks Bus at The Henry Ford Museum (http://www.hfmgv.org/exhibits/rosaparks/default.asp)
See the bus ridden by Rosa Parks on that historic day in 1955 when she refused to give up her seat to a white person. The story behind the bus is told, including the events of the day and Mrs. Park's arrest for violating civil rights laws. Find out how Mrs. Parks' actions started the Montgomery Bus Boycott and began the Civil Rights Movement. View the bus after it sat in a field for thirty years and then after it was restored.
See the bus ridden by Rosa Parks on that historic day in 1955 when she refused to give up her seat to a white person. The story behind the bus is told, including the events of the day and Mrs. Park's arrest for violating civil rights laws. Find out how Mrs. Parks' actions started the Montgomery Bus Boycott and began the Civil Rights Movement. View the bus after it sat in a field for thirty years and then after it was restored.
