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FLORIDA HOUSE OF REP
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House Resolution 1
A resolution honoring the memory and the legacy of Rosa 2
Parks. 3
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WHEREAS, born in Tuskegee, Alabama, nearly a century ago to 5
James and Leona McCauley, Rosa Louise McCauley was enrolled at 6
the age of 11 years in the Montgomery Industrial School for 7
Girls and later attended the Alabama State Teachers College High 8
School, and 9
WHEREAS, Rosa McCauley married Raymond Parks in 1932, and 10
the couple settled in Montgomery, working together in that 11
city's branch of the National Association for the Advancement of 12
Colored People, Raymond as an active member and Rosa as a 13
secretary and youth leader, and 14
WHEREAS, on December 1, 1955, Mrs. Parks refused to 15
surrender her seat on a city bus to a white man as the laws of 16
segregation required and was promptly arrested, convicted of 17
breaking the law, and fined $10 plus $4 in court costs, a 18
sequence of events that triggered the 381-day Montgomery bus 19
boycott and led to organized protests throughout the nation as 20
aroused African Americans were joined by other courageous 21
citizens to demand equal rights for all, and 22
WHEREAS, in 1965, Mrs. Parks joined the staff of Michigan 23
Congressman John Conyers and served as a valued employee for 23 24
years until her retirement at age 75, meanwhile establishing the 25
Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self Development, a 26
nonprofit organization designed to motivate young people to 27
strive toward reaching their highest potential, and 28
