Rosa Parks Rosa Parks was one of the bravest African-Americans who fought for justice. She experienced through many crimes and threats to achieve her purpose. Parks have always tried many options to succeed. It was difficult for her during her time period. Rosa Louise McCauley was born on February 4,1913,in Tuskegee, Alabama. Her mother was a teacher and her father was a carpenter. When Rosa was little,she often gets sick by an illness called tonsillitis. Leona, Rosa's mother, had difficult caring for Rosa when her father was out to work. So, Rosa and her mother moved to live with Leona's parents to decrease stress. When Rosa was feeling better, she had to walk to school, while white children rode buses. While Rosa was walking to school, the white children would throw garbage at her. Rosa also had to work in the fields when she did not have to go to school. When she was eleven, Leona sent her to a new school in Alabama. For tenth and eleventh grade, Rosa attended the laboratory school. A friend introduced a young man named Raymond Parks to Rosa when she was eighteen. Rosa and Raymond got married on December 18, 1932. Later on, Parks attempted to register to vote in 1943, but unfortunately she did not pass. After a several attempts, she did passed, but had to pay a toll that cost $1.50 per year. The poll tax was implemented to discourage African-Americans to vote. The Montgomery public buses first ten seats was reserved for the whites. African-Americans had to sit in the back of the bus. Also, African-Americans had to enter and exit through the back door. If there are no seats left for the whites, the bus driver usually ask one of the blacks to move. The blacks had to pay their fee at the front door then get on at the back. On December 1,1955, after work at the Montgomery Fair department store, Rosa Parks boarded the Cleveland Avenue bus. She sat on the first few for the colored people. Bus drivers adopted a law that required blacks to give up their seat to white passengers. If the blacks refused, the driver had to call the