Rosa Parks-- Nonfiction--Speaking and Listening Activity

She was the president of the NAACP.

she was a member of the civil rights organization.

She refused to sit in the area reserved for African Americans in movie theatres.

Her own tired body

African-Americans and their need for equality.

Her sister, who has to sit in the back of the bus.

Very little, the biography focuses mainly on Martin Luther King Jr. and his letters written from Burminham jail, with a short mention of Parks.

The events that took place in the few days following her refusal to move to the back of the bus.

It provides us with facts and details about Rosa parks, her life, her job, as well as her thoughts and actions. It also provides us with some quotes from Rosa and other quotes from people who knew her.

Dignified, courteous.

Soft spoken, harsh

roaring voice, blatently rude to those who are rude