Rosa Parks: The Woman Who Changed a Nation "Our mistreatment was just not right, and I was tired of it," states the very tired young woman named Rosa Parks, who was jailed for standing up for her rights. On February 4,1913 a black girl named Rosa Louise McCauly was born. She had a little brother named Sylvester, and her parents Leona and James who both worked very hard for everything they had. Rosa grew up on …
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…but winters in Los Angeles. Her day is filled with reading mail, preparing meals, going to church, and visiting people in hospitals. She is still active in fighting racial injustices, now standing up for what she believes in and sharing her message with others. Parks belief in God and her religious convictions are the core of everything she does. Her struggle has brought her this far and who knows how long it will keep her.