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or what kind of clothes she wore. Everyone in her mind was equal, and deserved the same respect as any other human. And her act started the modern civil rights movement! || `
 * || **Rosa Parks** ||  ||
 * [[image:tbc_rosa-parks2.jpg]] || Who is Rosa Parks. || Rosa Parks was a woman of determination. She didn't care what color her skin was
 * [[image:feat_dash2_full.jpg width="380" height="472"]] || Early Life. || Rosa Parks was born in Tuskegee, Alabama. She attended 12 years of education and went to college. She had to leave college to take care of her dying grandmother and late mother. She got her diploma after her marriage in 1934. ||
 * [[image:img10.jpg]] || NAACP || Rosa and her husband started an organization that was the start to no more segregation. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People ensured rights to all people of any race, and that there was no segregation. The association still exists today. ||
 * [[image:RosaParks_on_the_bus.jpg width="268" height="205"]] || [[image:file:///C:/Users/JOHNNY%7E1/AppData/Local/Temp/moz-screenshot.jpg width="8" height="24"]]The Bus Incident || We all know Rosa Parks for one thing in her life, and that is when she didn't give up her seat for a white person. But this act changed the way African Americans were looked upon. The act started a whole new way of life for colored people. No more was there going to be segregation. No more were black people going to stand on the bus, and use different water fountains than white people. This small act was going to change the world! ||
 * [[image:1388936491_5bc5a75650.jpg width="469" height="328"]] || The Protest || After the arrest of Mrs. Parks, black people of Montgomery started a protest that lasted for 381 days. Martin Luther King Jr. was appointed the spokes person for the boycott. The protest took part all throughout the country and the south. ||
 * [[image:file/view/be0d6cedfccbe91e.jpg width="252" height="210"]][[image:be0d6cedfccbe91e.jpg width="267" height="222"]] || The Imprisonment || Rosa Parks was imprisoned for her act. Sitting in the white section of the bus was illegal, and she refused to give the seat up. She was sitting in the "black section" and refused to let a white person sit there. ||
 * [[image:rosa-parks-slide-1.jpg]] || The Montgomery Improvement Association || The Montgomery Improvement Association was formed by black misters and leaders in the state of Alabama. It got people to realize racial segregation in the south. This association was formed because of Rosa Parks. ||
 * [[image:Rosa-Parks.jpg width="294" height="198"]] || The Rosa and Raymond Park Institute for Self- Development || The Rosa and Raymond Park Institute for Self- Development was founded by Rosa Parks and Elaine Eason Steele, in remembrance of Mr. Parks. The program motivates children to do anything that they believe in, and make sure that it is accomplished if they want it to be. Children ages 11 to 17 met with Rosa and talked about everything they wanted to do. They talked about all history, and built up their self esteem. ||
 * [[image:rosa_parks-_obviously_a_good___law-break.jpg width="199" height="227"]] || Awards || Because of Mrs. Parks courageous act, she received a lot of recognition from people all around the world. She got plagues and awards from places like Tokyo, and Sweden. The whole world recognized her for this, and she was honored. ||
 * [[image:file/view/443134813_bd41df133e.jpg width="282" height="215"]][[image:443134813_bd41df133e.jpg width="308" height="242"]] || Her Own Day || The first Monday, following February 4, was named Rosa Parks Day in her home state of Michigan. She was the first living person to be honored with a holiday! ||