Rosa
Parks Speech
By
Kirsty
Hello, my
name is Rosa Parks (Curtsy). I was born in 1913 in Tuskegee, Alabama. I spent
my wonderful life with my brother and mother. I went to school at Montgomery Industrial
School for Girls, but I needed to take care of my sick grandmother so I stopped
going to school.
In 1932 I
married Raymond Parks. Then Raymond and I joined the NAACP. In 1957, Raymond
and I moved to Detroit, Michigan. But In 1977, Raymond died.
Dr. Martin
Luther King Jr. outlined his plans for the boycott to a number of African
American leaders in Montgomery. I sat in the front row while Dr Matrin Luther
King Jr. gave his speech.
Raymond and
I were fired from our jobs soon after my arrest. Raymond and I received many threatening
telephone calls.
On June 15,
1999, Vice President Al Gore presented me with the Congressional Gold Medal. I died on October 24, 2005.
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