angie1234-rosa+parks

  Rosa Parks  http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/par0bio-1 __ Biographical Information __ 
 *    Born on February 4, 1913 in Tuskegee, Alabama
 * Rosa died on October 24, 2005
 * She was a sickly child
 * Leona McCauley, Rosa's mom, was a teacher.
 * <span style="COLOR: #f99115; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif">   James McCauley, Rosa's dad, was a carpenter and always traveled to build houses
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 90%; COLOR: #63f631; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="COLOR: #f99115; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif">Leona left her husband and moved to Montgomer when Rosa was a child, because she wanted to stay in one spot and he wanted to move around for his job
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 90%; COLOR: #63f631; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="COLOR: #f99115; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif">Rosa, her mom, and brother, Sylvester, moved when she was 2 years old to her grandparents farm in Pine Level
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 90%; COLOR: #63f631; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="COLOR: #f99115; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif">When she was 11 she enrolled in the Montgomery Industrial School for Girls, a private school founded by liberal-minded women from the north
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 90%; COLOR: #63f631; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="COLOR: #f99115; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif">Rosa was well educated and went to Booker T. Washington High School and Alabama State College
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 90%; COLOR: #63f631; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="COLOR: #f99115; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif">   Rosa and Raymond met when she was 19 years old, and became friends
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 90%; COLOR: #63f631; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="COLOR: #f99115; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif">Rosa was almost 20 years old and Raymond was 29 years old when they got married on December 18, 1932
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 90%; COLOR: #63f631; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="COLOR: #f99115; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif">Rosa was a seamstress and Raymond was a barber
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 90%; COLOR: #63f631; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="COLOR: #f99115; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif">   They didnt have children

<span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; COLOR: #bf1fdb; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif">Its important to know about Rosa Parks because she helped black people gain their rights. Its part of history and you should know main things that changed how things were back then. Without her the Civil Rights Movement may not have started. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 90%; COLOR: #63f631; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="COLOR: #f99115; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif">