THE LIFE OF ROSA PARKS'

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THE LIFE OF ROSA PARKS.

• BY JONATHAN

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ABOUT ROSA PARKS

• Rosa parks started the Michigan bus boycott.
• She lived in America when there was segregation
  black and white people.
• One day Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat
  for a white man.
• Then she was arrested.
• That is what caused the bus boycott.

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Rosa Parks' Life

• Rosa Parks was born 4th February 1913.
• After she left school she got a job as a
  seamstress
• She also worked in a local organisation to help
  African American people in America get the same
  rights as white people.
• On 1st December 1955 she started the bus boycott
  which resulted in the the stopping of segregation
  on Mongomery's buses.

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Rosa Parks' Life Page 2

• Because of the bus boycott she lost her job as a
  seamstress in a department store.
• She left Montgomery to live in Michigan, Detroit
  because she couldn't find work.
• She died on 24th October 2005 at about 7 o' clock
  at the age of 92.

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About the Montgomery bus service

• The segregation on the Montgomery bus service
  meant that black passengers had to sit at the
  back of the bus.
• When the bus was full, black people had to give
  up their seats for white people.
• On 1st December 1955 at around 6pm Rosa Parks
  refused to give up her seat for a white man.

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About the Bus Boycott

• Rosa Parks was arrested for not giving up her
  seat and fined 10.
• Black people were shocked by this law. Soon they
  stopped using the bus until they were treated
  fairly.
• That went on for 382 days.
• The buses were not used and were left idle. It
  severely damaged the bus company's budget.
• After 382 days the law was changed so black
  people were treated fairly on the buses.

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About the Bus

• The bus was a GM old look Transit Bus. Like this
  one....

• The fleet number of the bus is 2857.
• It was abandoned in a field
• It is now in preservation in the Henry Ford
  museum in America.

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About the Bus page 2

• Here is a picture of it in preservation...