She graduated from high school at a time when many others did not
Rosa enrolled in the Montgomery Industrial School for Girls at the age of eleven, where she was taught both traditional school topics and domestic skills. She went on to 9th grade at a Black junior high school and 10th and part of 11th grade at a Black teacher's college. She was forced to drop out of school at the age of 16 due to a family illness, and she began cleaning white people's homes.
In 1932, Rosa married barber Raymond Parks of Montgomery, Indiana. He was a member of the NAACP, and he encouraged her to finish high school, which she had left to care for her ailing grandmother and mother.
It was uncommon for women to finish high school during Rosa Park's time because it was the custom for women to stay at home. Rosa Parks, on the other hand, was one of the few Black Americans to graduate from high school in 1934. Raymond Parks, her spouse, backed her decision to finish high school.
She graduated from high school at a period when only around 7% of African Americans had completed their education. Parks dropped out of school when she was 16 to care for her dying grandmother, but with her husband's support, she returned at the age of 19. In 1933, she received her diploma.
