| THANK YOU SWEET ANGEL 1913-2005 |
Dear Rosa,
Thank you for your strength, thank you for your bravery. Your light will forever shine in the hearts and minds of the officers, members and
volunteers of the AAASM. You refused to be treated inferior based on just the color of your skin and you used your Faith in God to find the
strength to stand. It was your standing that won the beginning of freedom for Blacks everywhere and we thank you.
We at the AAASM make it our mission to honor the life of this warrior. Rosa Parks refused to be treated differently on the basis of her skin
color and faced hate like we as the beneficiaries of her strength will never truly realize.
We thank you Rosa, we honor you and we will never allow your strength and memory to die. Your strength and bravery are alive through the
ideas of the Association of African American Single Mothers.
Born February 4, 1913, Rosa Louise Mc Cauley, was born the oldest to mother Leona McCauley, a teacher and father James McCauley, a
carpenter. Rosa, through her life, recalled living through fears and found it somewhat easy to stand up to those who required that she give up
her seat!
At the age of 11 she enrolled in the Montgomery Industrial School for Girls, a private school founded by liberal-minded women from the
northern United States. After attending Alabama State Teachers College, the young Rosa settled in Montgomery, with her husband, Raymond
Parks. The couple joined the local chapter of the NAACP and worked quietly for many years to improve the lot of African-Americans in the
segregated south.
Her life changed forever on December 1, 1955, when she refused to give up her seat on the bus to a white passenger. This act of bravery
was the spark that started the statewide bus boycott and heralded in the end of segregation.
In 1957, Mrs. Parks and her husband moved to Detroit where she worked for U.S. Representative John Conyers. Mrs. Parks lived the
remainder of her life furthering the civil rights movement and was last reported to be upset at the seemingly high level of Klan activity. Many
honors and awards have been established in her name.
Her memory will stand and live on.
Thank you for your strength, thank you for your bravery. Your light will forever shine in the hearts and minds of the officers, members and
volunteers of the AAASM. You refused to be treated inferior based on just the color of your skin and you used your Faith in God to find the
strength to stand. It was your standing that won the beginning of freedom for Blacks everywhere and we thank you.
We at the AAASM make it our mission to honor the life of this warrior. Rosa Parks refused to be treated differently on the basis of her skin
color and faced hate like we as the beneficiaries of her strength will never truly realize.
We thank you Rosa, we honor you and we will never allow your strength and memory to die. Your strength and bravery are alive through the
ideas of the Association of African American Single Mothers.
Born February 4, 1913, Rosa Louise Mc Cauley, was born the oldest to mother Leona McCauley, a teacher and father James McCauley, a
carpenter. Rosa, through her life, recalled living through fears and found it somewhat easy to stand up to those who required that she give up
her seat!
At the age of 11 she enrolled in the Montgomery Industrial School for Girls, a private school founded by liberal-minded women from the
northern United States. After attending Alabama State Teachers College, the young Rosa settled in Montgomery, with her husband, Raymond
Parks. The couple joined the local chapter of the NAACP and worked quietly for many years to improve the lot of African-Americans in the
segregated south.
Her life changed forever on December 1, 1955, when she refused to give up her seat on the bus to a white passenger. This act of bravery
was the spark that started the statewide bus boycott and heralded in the end of segregation.
In 1957, Mrs. Parks and her husband moved to Detroit where she worked for U.S. Representative John Conyers. Mrs. Parks lived the
remainder of her life furthering the civil rights movement and was last reported to be upset at the seemingly high level of Klan activity. Many
honors and awards have been established in her name.
Her memory will stand and live on.
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