Rosa Parks Story of Her Life

Childhood Rosa Louise McCauley was born on the 4th of February, 1913 to James McCauley (a carpenter) and Leona Edwards (a teacher). She was born in Tuskegee, Alabama. She grew up on a farm

Childhood Fears Afraid of the Ku Klux Klan riding at night. Hearing about Lynches. Afraid that the house would burn down at night.

School Attended a school for African-American children. The old, one-room schoolhouse was only open five months a year and just went up to sixth grade. In 1924, at age 11, she was sent to Montgomery to continue her studies. Five years later, she left school in order to care for her sick grandmother, and later, her mother.

Seamstress

The Bus

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