Rosa Parks was an African American woman brave enough to stand up to whites. Even though she went to prison for what she did, she believes she did the right thing. What Rosa had done on the bus started boycotts and created more and more activists. People wonder if Rosa Parks was raised to stand up for herself or if she should have remained silent. Looking at Rosa's life and what happened on the bus and beyond, one can conclude that she was taught to be proud of her race. Rosa (McCauley) Parks was born on February 4, 1913 in Tuskegee, Alabama. His parents were James and Leona McCauley. He was home-schooled by his mother, who was a school teacher, until he was eleven. At eleven years old, Rosa moved with her aunt to Montgomery, where she began attending a private school. Her childhood brought her early experiences with racial discrimination and activism for racial equality. After a few years at that school, Rosa transferred to Booker T. Washington High School, but had to drop out to help her ailing mother. In 1932 Rosa married a man named Raymond Parks and had a happy life until his death in 1977. During this period of her life, she worked as a seamstress in a Montgomery clothing store. Leaving work one night is when it all happened (Troy University). Rosa Parks was 42 years old and waiting at the bus stop after work on December 1, 1955. Driving the bus that picked her up was James Blake. Rosa was sitting on the bus, right behind the ten seats reserved for whites. The bus began to fill with people and the whites needed more seats. The bus driver told Rosa and three other blacks to move to the back of the bus to make more room for the whites. The other three moved, but Rosa refused... middle of paper... let your guard down in difficult times. Works CitedAcademy of Achievement. March 5, 2014. April 25, 2014 .Bredhoff, Stacy, Schamel Wynell, and Lee Ann Potler. National Archives. June 4, 1999. April 21, 2014. Hare, Kenneth. Digital IIP. May 12, 2014. Montgomery Bus Boycott. 2014. April 25, 2014. Rogers, Kevin. WHP. May 15, 2014 .Rosa Parks facts. July 1, 2013. May 12, 2014. The story behind the bus. 2002. May 10, 2014. University of Troy. April 21st 2014 .