Background
Born in 1914 on February 4, Rosa Parks grew up in a small town named Pine Level, Alabama. Her name was originally Rosa Louise McCauley after her grandmother Rose. Her little brother, Sylvester, was named after her grandfather. Growing up as a farmer, Rosa lived with her grandma and grandpa. Rosa's mother was a school teacher, and her father, a construction worker.
Sylvester and Rosa attended a school for black children. They were not allowed to ride the school buses with white students, and the children on them would throw trash out the window at the black children. Rosa was raised to obey the whites and did not have a say in hardly anything, because she was black. But she did not always follow the rules and submit to the whites. One time a white boy tried to hit Rosa, so she picked up a brick and threatened to throw it at him. Even at an early she realized the importance of standing up for herself.
Rosa Parks worked to improve civil rights even before the Montgomery bus boycott occurred. She had joined the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and helped other dark-skinned people with their court cases. That day on the bus,in 1955, people thought that she was just a tired old lady. She was tired; tired of giving in to the injustice of segregation and tired of being pushed around just because of her skin color. So, as a result of that mistreatment, she remained seated and inspired a group of ladies to start the Montgomery bus boycott and a chain reaction of many different events that changed history forever.
Sylvester and Rosa attended a school for black children. They were not allowed to ride the school buses with white students, and the children on them would throw trash out the window at the black children. Rosa was raised to obey the whites and did not have a say in hardly anything, because she was black. But she did not always follow the rules and submit to the whites. One time a white boy tried to hit Rosa, so she picked up a brick and threatened to throw it at him. Even at an early she realized the importance of standing up for herself.
Rosa Parks worked to improve civil rights even before the Montgomery bus boycott occurred. She had joined the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and helped other dark-skinned people with their court cases. That day on the bus,in 1955, people thought that she was just a tired old lady. She was tired; tired of giving in to the injustice of segregation and tired of being pushed around just because of her skin color. So, as a result of that mistreatment, she remained seated and inspired a group of ladies to start the Montgomery bus boycott and a chain reaction of many different events that changed history forever.