Rachel LinchWorld History HonorsPeriod 4

I was born on February 4th in 1913.

I was born in Tuskegee, Alabama.

I left school as a junior to

help my sick grandmother.

I was rewarded the

Martin Luther King Jr. Award by the NAACP.

I started the

Montgomery Bus Boycott.

I received the Peace

Abbey Courage of Conscience

Award.

I was attacked by

Joseph Skipper at my house.

I was a recipient of the Alabama Academy Award.

I died in 2005.

Who Am I?

I Am the Reason for

the Montgomery

Bus Boycott: Rosa Parks

Born on February 4th in 1913. › Tuskegee, Alabama

Grew up through “times of racial discrimination and activism for racial equality.”

Left high school during her junior year.

Two years (1932) later she married Raymond Parks.

Started in 1955 Refused to move for a white man on the bus and was arrested. › Released on bail that night.

Court decided that Alabama’s segregation laws were unconstitutional for the public.

Segregation law changed and made the Montgomery Bus Boycott a 382 day boycott.

Continued to be an active member of the NAACP. › National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

The Civil Rights Act was passed a year later and signed by Lyndan B. Johnson.

1980: Martin Luther King Jr. Award by the NAACP

1992: Peace Abbey Courage of Conscience Award

Founded the Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self Development

1999: TIME magazine named Parks one of the most influential people of the century.

2000: Alabama Academy Award

2000: Rosa Parks Museum and Library was dedicated to Troy University

Parks died in 2005 due to complications of progressive dementia.

Parks will always be remembered for not letting the color of her skin define her life.

I was born on January 20th in 1954.

I was born in Kosciusko,

Mississippi.

When I was nine I was raped by my cousin.

I won the Elk’s Club speaking contest.

I was the anchor on A.M. Chicago and in 1985 the show was named after me.

I won the Nashville Miss Fire Prevention Contest.

I was an anchor at Nashville’s WTVF-TV.

I attended the White House

Conference on Youth in Colorado

and represented Tennessee.

I received the Bob Hope for Humanitarian Award in 2002.

Who Am I?

I Am one of the first African

Americans to have my own Television Show: Oprah Winfrey

Born on January 29th in 1954. › Kosciusko, Mississippi

Started kindergarten at the age of five, but was moved to first grade right away.

When she was nine, she was raped by her cousin.

1968: attended an all white high school.

Her senior year, 1970 she won an Elk’s Club speaking contest.

Attended a White House Conference on Youth in Colorado and represented Tennessee.

1972: anchor at Nashville’s WTVF-TV.

1984: anchor on A.M. Chicago

A few years later A.M. Chicago was renamed the Oprah Winfrey Show.

Formed her own production company, Harp, Inc.

1995: started Oprah Online with AOL in partnership with ABC.

Two years later the Oprah Angel Network was formed.

Named the Women of Achievement by the National Organization of Women.

Won her first Emmy award in 1986.

Oprah Winfrey is still alive today.

She will always be remembered for being one of the first African-American women on television and always stood up for what she believed in.

They are both African-American women.

They were both abused sometime in their life.

They both accomplished many things throughout their life.

Parks was born in 1913 and Winfrey was born in 1954.

Parks is no longer alive, while Winfrey is still living.

Parks moved at a young age, while Winfrey stayed in the same place for quite awhile.

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