She wrote an autobiography titled Rosa Parks: My story

She wrote an autobiography titled Rosa Parks: My story. Rosa Parks discusses the civil rights struggle and her active involvement in it in this plain, engaging autobiography. Her commitment is remarkable, and her narrative is unforgettable.

Many readers of this gripping autobiography will be aware with Rosa Parks' most famous incident: on December 1, 1955, she refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus to a white individual.

This book presents a framework that will allow its readers to place this momentous occasion in a larger context and realize the immense impact it had on one lady and a whole nation. Long before Parks's fight against racial segregation, her "very strong sense of what was fair" prompted her to initiate her anti-injustice crusade. She discusses her early family life and education, her run-ins with dismissive white youngsters, her romance and marriage to Raymond Parks, and her active engagement in the Montgomery NAACP and the civil rights movement in a vivid anecdotal style. The straightforwardness and truthfulness of this heroic woman's voice heightens the impact of these terrible events. Some readers will be astounded by Parks' personal experiences of brutality against black people, while others will be moved by her endless energy and bravery.