Rosa Parks Research Paper

Ever since Rosa Parks was a child, she faced experiences with racial discrimination and activism for racial equality. Rosa’s parents divorced when she was 2 years old. Rosa's mother moved the family to Pine Level, Alabama to live with her parents, Rose and Sylvester Edwards. Both of Rosa’s grandparents were former slaves and strong supporters for racial equality. Rosa lived on the Edwards' farm with her family, where she would spend her youth. In one scenario, Rosa's grandfather stood in front of their house with a shotgun while Ku Klux Klan members marched down the street. Rosa’s mother was a teacher, and the family valued education. Rosa was taught to read by her mother at a young age. She went on to attend a segregated, one-room school in

The organization runs “Pathways to Freedom” bus tours where sites are visited introducing people to civil rights and Underground Railroads. In 1992, Rosa published Rosa Parks: My Story, an autobiography describing her life in the segregated South. In 1995, Rosa published Quiet Strength which includes her memories and focuses on the religious faith that played out through her life. Rosa Parks won many awards including the Spingarn Medal, the NAACP’s highest award. and the Martin Luther King Jr. Award. She was also, awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Congressional Gold Medal, and named as one of the “Top 20 influential people of the 20th century. Rosa Parks passed away on October 24, 2005, at the age of 92, quietly in her apartment in Detroit, Michigan. The year before her death, Rosa was diagnosed with progressive dementia. Rosa was honored multiple times in memorial services and was later buried at Detroit Woodlawn Cemetery (later named after Rosa Parks). February 4, 2013 marked Rosa Parks 100th birthday when a stamp was created with her name, she was honored at the country's capital building, and a sculptor was made of her. She was the first women to lie in the national capital after