One day Rosa was headed home, so she took the bus. The black people had to give up their seats for white people if they needed a seat. That day Rosa was tired and didn’t surrender her seat for a white passenger on a Montgomery bus. When she refused to give up her seat she spurred a city wide boycott and helped launch a nationwide effort to end segregation. When Rosa didn’t surrender her seat in Montgomery she was arrested and lost her job as a seamstress in a local department store. Even though Rosa was widely honored she received death threats and hate for years afterwards because of her act. When Rosa couldn’t find a job in Montgomery, Rosa, her husband and mother moved to Detroit, Michigan. In Detroit Rosa had made a new life, and worked as a secretary and receptionist in U.S. Representative John Conyers’ Congressional office, also serving on the board of the Planned Parenthood federation of America. In 1988, Rosa retired from the Detroit office of Congressman John Conyers
One day Rosa was headed home, so she took the bus. The black people had to give up their seats for white people if they needed a seat. That day Rosa was tired and didn’t surrender her seat for a white passenger on a Montgomery bus. When she refused to give up her seat she spurred a city wide boycott and helped launch a nationwide effort to end segregation. When Rosa didn’t surrender her seat in Montgomery she was arrested and lost her job as a seamstress in a local department store. Even though Rosa was widely honored she received death threats and hate for years afterwards because of her act. When Rosa couldn’t find a job in Montgomery, Rosa, her husband and mother moved to Detroit, Michigan. In Detroit Rosa had made a new life, and worked as a secretary and receptionist in U.S. Representative John Conyers’ Congressional office, also serving on the board of the Planned Parenthood federation of America. In 1988, Rosa retired from the Detroit office of Congressman John Conyers