Rosa told her grandmother: “I would rather be lynched than live to be mistreated than not be allowed to say ‘I don’t like it.’” An older Rosa Parks recounted how her grandmother grew very angry when a young Rosa told her about the brick incident and worried for her safety. Her grandmother worried about her granddaughter’s determined spirit and her ways of “talking biggety to white folks”. Rosa McCauley was a shy young woman but she had a feisty side, picking up a brick when a white bully threatened her and her brother and pushing back when a white boy pushed her. A 6-year-old Rosa would sometimes sit vigil with him. Retrieved from: Born on Februin Tuskegee, AL, Rosa Parks was raised by her mother and grandparents in Pine Level, Alabama. Her grandfather supported the Garvey movement and, when Klan violence escalated after World War I, would sit out on the porch with his shotgun to protect the family home. Library of Congress, courtesy of Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self Development.
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