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Rosa Parks was born on February 4, 1913 in Tuskegee, Alabama. She was raised in her grandparents' house in Montgomery County. Rosa Parks' mother, Leona Edwards came from Pine Level, and her father, James McCauley came from Abbeville, Alabama. Rosa Parks' brother in law, was pastor of the Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church in Pine level. There, James McCauley met Rosa Parks' mother. They were married in Pine Level, on April 12, 1912. After James McCauley and Leona Edwards got married, they moved to Tuskegee, Alabama. It didn't take long for James and Leona to start a family, and Rosa Parks was born on February 14, 1913. Rosa Parks was named after her grandmother, Rose. Rosa was a sickly child and she was extremely small for her age.

When Rosa Parks was just a kid, her father didn't want to stay in Tuskegee, Alabama. Thus, they moved to Abbeville, Alabama to live with Rosa's father's family. Not long after, Rosa's father decided to head up north, but her mother didn't want to stay with hi family while he was gone, and Rosa's mother was pregnant with her brother. Therefore, she decided to go back with her own parents in Pine Level. A few years after, Rosa Parks' father joined them, until Rosa was two and a half years old. Rosa's father left Pine Level again until Rosa was five years old and her brother was three. Rosa's habit for protecting her little brother helped her learn how to protect herself too. One day, Rosa meet a white boy name Franklin on the street, and he started to bully her. Furthermore, Rosa picked up a brick and dared him to hit her. He thought again, and slowly turned his heel, and walked away.

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