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Rosa parks biography my story summary

          The story tells the story of her life growing up in the south in the early s when racism and segregation was law.

          By reading Rosa Parks: My Story, readers get....

          Rosa Parks: My Story
          (Rosa Parks)

          Chapter One

          Rosa was born in a time when there were laws in the South which segregated white Americans from black African-Americans.

          From a young age, she knew that the laws were wrong, and she must do something someday to help. She grew up in Pine Level, Alabama which was in Montgomery County.

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        1. Parks begins her autobiography with a look back at her formative years in Montgomery.
        2. By reading Rosa Parks: My Story, readers get.
        3. Rosa Parks: My Story gives readers an up-close window into the life and mind of this widely-known historical figure.
        4. Rosa was born in a time when there were laws in the South which segregated white Americans from black African-Americans.

          5. Her parents, Leona and James, were a teacher and carpenter, respectively. They married in April of 1912 and Rosa was born only ten months later.

          Rosa’s mother was not ready to be a mother, though she was twenty-five years old when Rosa was born; though Rosa believes that her trepidation came from her being alone all the time as Rosa’s father travelled often.

          Leona wanted James to take a job as the Tuskegee Institute, guaranteeing the family a place to live and the children a place to get an education, but he decided to travel and do contracting work instead. Leona, now pregnant with her second child, took Rosa and moved in with her parents because Ja