Rosa Parks reader #28 by Carole Marsh

When was Rosa born?

• 1913

• 1932

• 1928

• 1902

Rosa Parks worked with what organization?

• NATO

• NAACP

• UN

Rosa Parks was happy about racial segregation?

• true

• false

How many seats on a bus in Montgomery were saved for white passengers?

• 5

• 2

• 10

• 1

Why was Rosa arrested in 1955?

• She robbed the bus driver.

• She ate in a white restaurant.

• She went to a white school

• She refused to give up her seat on the bus to a white passenger.

E.D Nixon helped plan for a bus boycott in Montgomery.

• true

• false

What job did Rosa lose because of the bus boycott?

• teacher

• seamstress

• doctor

• barber

Why did Rosa move to Detroit, Michigan?

• She and her husband were being harassed in Montgomery.

• They got better jobs in Detroit.

• They found a new home there.

• She got a divorce and wanted to leave.

Was life good for Rosa when she first moved to Michigan?

• yes

• no

What award did Rosa win in 1979 for her work in civil rights, two years after her husband died?

• Nobel Peace Prize

• Olympic Medal

• Springarn Medal