it's time for learning with a fun Rosa Parks for kids cartoon hey history is full of courageous

people
who stood up to help us get to where we are today right now I want to talk to you about one of those
people named Rosa Parks have you ever heard of Rosa Parks if not that's okay because I'm going to
give you a few fun facts about Rosa Parks for kids and her life as a civil rights activist starting off Rosa
Parks was born Rosa Louise McCauley on February 4th 1913 and Tuskegee Alabama so check this out
when Rosa was a kid she may be just like you or a kid you know at a young age her parents decided
they did not want to be together anymore so Rosa and her mother moved to Pine level Alabama where
they stayed with her grandparents living with her grandparents allowed Rosa to seepeople do mean
things to African Americans but it also showed her how to be strong like one day her grandfather
protected their farm from a group of men called the Ku Klux Klan this group was known for killing
African Americans and her grandfather stood out front protecting their home as the Ku Klux Klan
marched by when it came to school things were not fair either as a child the school's Rosa went to
were segregated this meant that African American students were not allowed to go to school with
white students although Rosa enjoyed school she left school in the 11th grade to help her sick mom
she later got her high school degree and became involved with the n-double-a-cp too as a youth leader
on December 1st 1955 this is when Rosa would do something in history that would spark a change for
how African Americans were treated in the United States of America during this time in Montgomery
Alabama the local buses were also segregated. White's would be in the front of the bus and African
Americans would come to the front of the bus to pay their bus fare but then leave the bus and go to
the nback door to sit at the back of the bus with a sign Marc coloreds on that day Rosa was told by the
bus driver to move so that a white passenger who got on the bus could have her seat after thinking
about what the bus driver said Rosa was tired of being treated unfairly and refused to move after
refusing to move the bus driver had her arrested she was later convicted for not following the laws
this made a lot of people mad and sparked the Montgomery boycott with another major person in
african-american history dr. Martin Luther King jr. the Montgomery boycott saw african-americans
coming together to refuse using the bus to get around town the boycott lasted several months and
when many buses sat empty the city had to do something the boycott officially ended on December
20th 1956 after the Supreme Court said they couldn't treat African Americans unfairly the life and
legacy of Rosa Parks will be one that will be remembered in our hearts and minds as we go forward
trying to create a world that does not judge others on the color of their skin Rosa Parks died on October
24th 2005 at the age of 92 but although she is gone her resistance to unfair treatment will never be
forgotten and I hope you enjoyed this Rosa Parks biography for kids.