Rosa Parks
"Get
out! This man wants to sit here! GET OUT!!!"
The
bus driver was yelling at Rosa Parks, a 42-year-old coming home from her hard
work as a seamstress.
"No."
That one word made a big difference.
Rosa Parks was born in
Rosa Park’s grandparents were slaves
when they were younger. They suffered a lot, especially her grandfather.
They both agreed that blacks should be free. All people are the same!
When Rosa Parks grew up, she helped
blacks as much as she could. White people treated blacks in a bad way, but
busses were the worse of all. You could go to jail for not giving your seat to
a white man!
On December 1, 1955, when Rosa Parks
was coming home from work, a white man didn't have a seat. The bus driver came
up to Parks and yelled at her to get out, so the white man could sit there.
Parks just quietly said, "No." That was all she said. She didn't move
at all. The bus driver yelled at her, but she didn't move!
She was arrested, and had to get her
fingerprints taken. Parks was put into a jail cell and locked in there. She
said a silent prayer, and then waited. Someone had seen Parks being arrested
and called Edgar Daniel Nixon of NAACP (people who help colored people). He
came right away to the police station and paid for Parks release. She could
leave, but she had to come to court for her trial on Monday.
Before the trial, on Sunday, people
gathered to pray for Rosa Parks. Martin Luther King preached about the arrest
of Parks. Everyone in the church decided to walk to work, school, anywhere and
everywhere! They would not ride the bus, they were
going on a boycott.
On Monday morning, Rosa Parks got up
early to go to her trial. At the trial, the judge found her guilty. But Parks
and her lawyer did not agree with him. They decided to
go to a higher court, the Supreme Court.
At the Supreme Court, the judge did not find Rosa Parks guilty. The Supreme
Court told the bus company that they had to let black people sit anywhere they
wanted. Rosa Parks was glad! The fight was over, and she had won it, but
colored people would still be treated unfairly at times.
Rosa Parks married Ray Parks in
COMPREHENSION
1. According to
the text, Rosa Parks is... (justify your answer)
r A White American.
r A Black American.
r An Indian Citizen.
r A Columbian Citizen.
2. Complete the following table with the events
that correspond with the dates given below.
Date |
Event |
a)
1913 |
……………………………………………………………………………………….. |
b)
1955 |
……………………………………………………………………………………….. |
c)
1932 |
……………………………………………………………………………………….. |
d)
1986 |
……………………………………………………………………………………….. |
3. Decide if these statements are true or
false; then, justify your answer.
a. Rosa Parks was taught that there was no difference between whites and
blacks.
Truer Falser
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b. Rosa Park’s grandparents were free.
Truer Falser
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c. Rosa Park accepted to give her place to a white person.
Truer Falser
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d.
NAACP was dedicated to help white
people.
Truer Falser
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…………………………………………………………………………………………
e. Edgar Daniel Nixon paid money to put Rosa Parks in
the prison.
Truer Falser
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f.
At the Supreme Court, the judge found
Rosa Parks guilty.
Truer Falser
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4. Answer the following questions in your
own words as far as possible.
a. What had The Supreme Court
told the bus company?
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
b. What did the bus driver do to Rosa Parks?
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
c.
Why did Rosa Parks receive an
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d.
Why was Rosa Parks glad?
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5. Tick the appropriate meaning of the words
in bold.
a) Rosa Park’s grandparents were slaves...
(Paragraph 2, Line 1)
q People who belong by
law to a another person as their property and has to
obey them and work for them.
q People
who live alone.
q People
who work in the farm.
b) You
could go to jail if you don’t give your seat to a white man! (Paragraph 3,
Line 3)
q A very large farm
in the western US or
q A place where people are put after
they have been arrested, or where people go to as punishment for a crime=
PRISON.
q A
large and impressive building.
c) The bus driver came up to Parks
and yelled at her to get out... (Paragraph 4, Line 2)
q To say something in a loud voice,
or to make a loud noise because you are angry, afraid, excited, or in pain.
q To
join pieces of cloth by sewing them.
q To
tell someone the truth.
d) She had to come to court for
her trial on Monday... (Paragraph 5, Line 5)
q The process of
examining a case in a court of
law and deciding whtehr someone is guilty or
innocent.
q A way
of thinking or behaving in which people are more loyal to their country or
social group.
q A
large group of related people who live in the same area and share a common
language, religion, and customs.
e) They
were going to boycott. …(Paragraph 6, Line 4)
q To move very
quickly.
q To start a new
life.
q To
not take part in an event, or to not buy or use something as a protest.
6. Find in the text the antonyms of the
following words.
a. Mistreated (paragraph 1) #. ……………………………….
b. Unlocked (paragraph 5) #. ……………………………….
c. Fairly (paragraph 1) #. ……………………………….
7. What does the underlined word in the
text refer to?
a.
They (paragraph 1) :…………………….……………
b.
They (paragraph 2) :…………………….……………
c. He (paragraph 5) :…………………….……………
d.
They (paragraph 7) :…………………….……………