Please read Professor Hume's email. He will talk about Rosa Parker in the next class.

Secretary: susan miller.

Dear Susan:

Please convey the information in this email to all the students in my history class.

In addition to understanding Rosa Parker's life story in the textbook, you should also read the following article and related stories about Rosa Parker that can be borrowed from the school library.

Ted Hume

Rosa Parker was born in 19 13 and died in 2005. Known as the "grandmother of the civil rights movement", her life experience was different from that of African-Americans at that time. Although she is a black woman, she changed American history. She refused to give her seat to a white man on the bus. "By not giving way to white people, she made all black Americans stand up and become human beings," John Lewis said of her.

Among the numerous awards that Parker won in his life, the most noteworthy are the Presidential Medal of Freedom (1996) and the Congressional Gold Medal (1999).

Parker died on June 24th, 2005 at St Paul's African Methodist Church in Montgomery. Her life story has been affirmed by everyone, including the praise of US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. Rice said that when Parker's political actions attracted public attention, she and other children of the same age had just grown up, but she didn't realize that it would affect their lives. Frankly speaking, I wouldn't be standing here today as Secretary of State without Ms. Parker.

When Parker's coffin was placed in the Capitol, President Bush, members of Congress and ordinary Americans all wanted to pay tribute to Parker. In American history, Parker was the first woman to be buried in the Capitol, which is usually only available to the President of the United States.