My story

During the Year when Rosa Parks lost her job and apartment, she moved to Detroit Michigan to start a new life with her husband. When she got to Detroit she started writing books about her story. One of her story that captured my attention was ''My story''.

At the beginning of the book Rosa talks about how life was in Tuskegee Alabama, how was life living as an African American, she also talks about family and her religion.  She also spoke about how the color of skin was a big problem among the society. White kids were separated from the black kids, sometimes in schools. As a kid, Rosa wasn't easily bullied by other kids because she knew how to stand up for herself. As a young woman, she quickly met her husband Raymond Parks. Raymond was the one that got Rosa involved in the civil rights (make a change in the society).

 In the middle of her book, she talks about how she got arrested for not giving up her seat in the public bus and the difficulties she passed those after her arrest. The Monday following her arrest most of the African American refused to ride the buses. That fact that most of the population didn't ride the bus, it affected the bus system (money).  This went on for weeks, but it also affected how people couldn't go to their jobs early, most of the black Africans got fired and lost their jobs.

 At the end of the book, she talks about how the new life is, how it was hard for white to accept the fact that they are now equal with black people. Later on, it was hard for Rosa and her family to find jobs but they came up with their own organization called Rosa Raymond. They had made their own little job.