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n. TV A (iff it WnB "I I IX, Coloring book captions Below are the captions the artists should use when drawing events in Rosa Parks' life. 1. Rosa Louise McCauley was born to Leona and James McCauley in Tuskegee, Alabama, on February 4, 1913. 2.

Rosa's mother was a school teacher. 3. Rosa's father was a carpenter. 4. At age 2, Rosa moved with her mother and younger brother, Sylvester, to her grandparents' farm.

5. They lived in a wood-frame house in Pine Level, Alabama, which is between Montgomery and Tuskegee. 6. As an 1 1 -year-old, Rosa was enrolled in a private school for African-American girls in Montgomery. 7.

In school Rosa learned how to type. 1 -J a SO 25 cc CO so DRAWING (LWuestj 8. Rosa also learned to sew clothes. 9. When Rosa was growing up in Montgomery, African Americans couldn't drink from the same water fountains as whites.

to ('" I i 1 In 10. The first 10 seats on Montgomery streetcars were always reserved for whites. Blacks would have to stand if their section was filled. 11. With only a few classes left before her high school graduation, Rosa had to drop out to care for her dying grandmother.

12. Just as Rosa was about to return to school, her mother became ill. Rosa delayed her education again to nurse her mother. 13. Rosa married Raymond Parks in 1932 at the age of 19.

The wedding was a small affair in her mother's home in Pine Level, Alabama. 14. Raymond's mother was black, but his father was white. Raymond has his father's blond hair, pale skin and blue eyes, but white people didn't consider him white. 15.

Raymond Parks was active in black voter registration and other civil rights causes. 16. A determined Rosa earned her high school diploma in 1933 with the encouragement of her husband. 17. Rosa had difficulty finding work during the Great Depression.

different age groups, will be reviewed by a panel of judges with final selections made by Parks. The completed book will be published by The News, and the first copy will be presented to Parks at the annual luncheon in June honoring Rosa Parks Scholars. Winners will receive a copy autographed by Parks and have their name mentioned in the book. The coloring books will then go on sale to the public, with proceeds shared by the Rosa Parks Scholarship Foundation and the Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute. The institute was established in 1987 to offer guidance to black youth in preparation for leadership and a choice of careers.

The Rosa Parks Scholarship Foundation was founded in 1980 by The News and the Detroit Public Schools. Last year, the foundation awarded 48 college scholarships of $2,000 to high school students who demonstrated community involvement and academic achievement. Since its inception, 480 scholarships totaling $480,000 have been awarded in Parks' name. THE DETROIT NEWS A 4-year-old Detroit girt participates in a Martin Luther King Jr. March in 1983.

UPI Civil rights activists lay across the street in front of the White House in an effort to block traffic. THE DETROIT NEWS Rosa Parks (left) and her mother Leona McCauley in 1965. A ff UPI Dr, Martin Luther King Jr. stands beside Rosa Parks at a dinner given for her in Birmingham, in 1965. Contest it wf if i tiMMif Jr.

Hm ink Willi TniilllIB 1 By Valarie Basheda THE DETROIT NEWS If hearing about Rosa Parks' refusal in 1955 to give up her bus seat to a white passenger stirs your imagination, pick up your drawing pen. The Detroit News is seeking young artists to illustrate a coloring book depicting the famed civil rights leader's life. The project, sponsored by The Detroit News and the Rosa Parks Scholarship Foundation in conjunction with the Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self-Development, will give students statewide a chance to become part of her history. "It will be a good learning experience for the students," said Marcia Hart, secretary for the Rosa Parks Scholarship Foundation. "We thought it would be more meaningful for the kids who will buy the coloring book if they had something done by other kids." Students in grades one through 12 can submit a drawing illustrating captions that depict events from Parks' life, including her childhood in Alabama, the Rosa Parks is fingerprinted by a deputy entry form I I 1 trial that occurred after her arrest for refusing to give up her bus seat, and her later work in the civil rights movement.

The project was designed in part to help young people appreciate Parks' entire life not just her stand on the bus. "That was just a snapshot of her life," said Luther Keith, president of the foundation and an assistant managing editor at The News. "We want to make people aware of the other things she has done throughout her lifetime." The winning drawings, which will be selected from Rosa Parks sits bus on Dec. 21 segregation ban ASSOCIATED PRESS sheriff. i ft) I II 111 1 (hi 5 II 1 UPI in the front of a Montgomery, 1956, as the U.S.

Supreme Court on public transit vehicles took effect. lo. ndyinunu wuirou aa a uaiuci un a nummy uut. 19. Rosa later found a job on a military base.

There she could sit in any seat on the trolley because President Franklin D. Roosevelt had banned segregation on military bases. 20. In 1943, Rosa refused to give up her seat and was ejected from a bus. This was 1 2 years before her historic stand.

Rosa recalled the bus driver, James Blake, as "tall and thickset with an intimidating posture." 21. In 1943, Rosa became a secretary for the Montgomery chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. 22. During the 1940s and 1950s, Rosa earned money by taking in sewing and working as a housekeeper. 23.

Rosa depended upon the Montgomery City Lines buses to get to and from work. 24. When asked to give up her seat on a bus to a white passenger on December 1, 1955, Rosa again refused. She recognized the bus driver as James Blake, the same driver who evicted her from a bus in 1943. 25.

She was arrested. 26. She was fingerprinted. 27. She was jailed by the police and fined $14.

28. More than 500 people turned out to greet Rosa Parks as she went to trial on December 5, 1 955. 29. Rosa was found guilty of breaking the segregation laws. 30.

Her lawyers challenged the verdict and fought it all the way to the Supreme Court. 31. The Montgomery bus boycott began the day of Rosa's trial and ended more than a year later on December 20, 1956. Most buses were empty, except for two or three white passengers. 32.

The boycott organizers were amazed and overjoyed at the response and the dedication of protesters. Black-owned cab com-, panies picked up workers at bus stops and took them to work. 33. Police arrested African Americans who were waiting for cabs at the bus stops. 34.

Cab drivers also were arrested for not charging regular fares. Cabbies were charging only 10 cents, the fare normally charged on buses. 35. The Montgomery office of the NAACP organized station wagon pickups for workers at predetermined sites as the boycott continued. 36.

The boycott brought the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. to national prominence as president of the Montgomery Improvement Association. 37. African Americans celebrated in the streets when the segregation law was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court on November 13, 1956.

38. Buses were not officially desegregated until U.S. marshals served an order on city officials on December 20, 1 956. 39. The bus desegregation was hard on all concerned.

Rosa Parks' family was harassed and threatened by phone. 40. Rosa lost her job, and Raymond Parks quit his job because the barbershop owner wouldn't allow his wife's name to be used in his establishment. 41. Rosa saw Martin Luther King Jr.

attacked by a white man at a conference of the Southern Christian Leadership Convention in Birmingham. 42. Rosa and Raymond Parks, along with Rosa's mother, moved to Detroit in August 1957. 43. They lived in a two-family flat that her brother Sylvester had rented.

44. They later moved into two small rooms in the meeting hall of the Progressive Civic League in Detroit. 45. She worked for nonviolent social change with Martin Luther King Southern Christian Leadership Conference. 46.

Rosa earned a living working as a seamstress until 1 965. 47. Rosa worked as receptionist, secretary and administrative assis- i tant in the Detroit office of Congressman John Conyers in 1 965. i She worked there for nearly 25 years. 48.

Rosa marched in the Selma to Montgomery protest, organized by Dr. King after African-American school children were brutalized during a voting-rights demonstration. I 49. Rosa met Malcolm in February 1965 when he spoke in Detroit just one week before he was killed. 50.

In 1 969, Detroit renamed 1 2th Street to Rosa Parks Boulevard. 51. Raymond Parks died in 1977, and Rosa's mother and brother died a couple of years later. She has 1 3 nieces and nephews to keep her from being lonely. 52.

In 1980, The Detroit News and the Detroit Public Schools estab- lish the Rosa Parks Scholarship Foundation. 53. Rosa founded the Raymond and Rosa Parks Institute for Self- Development in 1987 as an institution to provide leadership and career training to black youth. 54. In 1988, In celebration of her 75th birthday, Rosa gave speeches around the country.

55. Rosa has received many special awards and she holds an honorary degree from Shaw College. 56. On February 4, 1993, Rosa celebrated her 80th birthday. I I i I i I 1 I I I I I 1 I I Name Age Address Phone City State Zip School Grade Caption (the number next to the caption you are drawing) Rules and Explanations: 1.

Draw a picture for one of the listed captions. Pictures must be on an 8 by 1 1 inch sheet of white bond paper, and must be done using black ink only. Entries must be neat and clean so that they can be i reproduced. Do not color your drawing. 2.

Students may submit a maximum of three drawings (no more than one drawing will be selected for each student). Each drawing must be for a different caption and include a separate entry form. 3. Complete the above entry form and attach it to your drawing. Mail in a large flat envelope do not fold.

4. Send completed entry form and drawing to the address below, postmarked by March 31,1 993. 5. Winning drawings will be selected by April 30. The coloring book will be published in June.

6. Students whose drawings are selected for publication will have their name and the name of their school printed on the page with their drawing. 7. Each student whose artwork is published will receive an auto-graphed copy of the coloring book. 8.

Students in preschool through the 12th grade are eligible. 9. Children of board members or employees of the Rosa Parks Schol-i arship Foundation and the Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for I Self-Development are not eligible. Children of The Detroit News I and Detroit Newspaper Agency employees are not eligible. 10.

If you have questions, call (313) 222-2538 or (800) 766-3247. Mail to: Rosa Parks Coloring Book The Detroit News P.O. Box 950 i This is a sample drawing of caption number 25. How would you draw it? I Detroit, Ml 48231.