When Rosa Parks Went Fishing

When Rosa Parks Went Fishing — page 1 — The school bell rang Young Rosa Parks gathered her things and headed home Halfway there a white boy on roller skates tried to push her off the sidewalk Rosa pushed him back I didn't want to be pushed seeing that I wasn't bothering him at all she later said I know child Rosa's mother said But I worry In the 1920s black people were not supposed to push or even talk back to white people They could be arrested or worse Rosa grew up trying to stop the unfair treatment of others And then one day in 1955 she did something simple and brave She sat down in a bus seat and became a hero to millions of people 2

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When Rosa Parks Went Fishing — page 3 — Rosa Louise McCauley was born on February 4 1913 in Tuskegee Alabama Her father James was a traveling woodworker Her mother Leona was a teacher Rosa's mother loved to learn She passed that love of learning on to Rosa She also taught Rosa to have respect for herself and others She said it was the most important thing 4

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