Rosa Park’s Heroism Still Inspires
Rosa Parks
Civil Right’s Movement
• 1960s movement to establish the civil rights and equality of African Americans in the United States. (1955-1968)
1950s Jim Crow System
• Racial segregation: public facilities, government services, education
• Disfranchisement: unable to vote • Employment discrimination • Violence: individual, police, organizational,
mass racial violence
Aims of the Civil Rights Movement
• Freedom from oppression• Respect • Dignity• Economic and social equality
Martin Luther KingWhat was his dream?
Demanding Decent Housing, Decent Pay
Freedom Riders 1961
Police Brutality
Trying to end segregation in schools
Rosa Parks and Montgomery Bus Boycott, 1955-1956
Achievements • Civil Rights Act of 1964: banned discrimination based
on “race, color, religion, or national origin” in employment practices and public accomodations
• Voting Rights Act of 1965: restored, protected voting rights
• Immigration and Nationality Services Act of 1965: opened entry to the U.S. to immigrants other than traditional European groups.
• Fair Housing Act of 1968: banned discrimination in the sale or rental of housing
Inequality
• Can you think of examples of inequality in your community, city, school, or country?