Rosa ParksWhat She Did to Change the World

Objectives

By the end of this presentation, you will know:

• Background of the Civil Rights movement

• History of Rosa Parks

• Rosa Parks most famous moment

• How Rosa Parks helped start the Civil Rights movement

Timeline

Civil War 1861-1865

Emancipation Proclamation

1863

Rosa Parks Born February 1913

Civil Rights Movement

1955

Rosa Parks Dies October 2005

Rosa Parks and the Civil Rights Movement

Rosa Parks

Background

• Born February 4th, 1938 in Tuskegee, Alabama

• She had a little brother named Sylvester

• Parents were separated, and Rosa’s mom took Sylvester and Rosa to live on her grandmother’s farm

• Rosa picked cotton in the fields with her family when she was growing up

Bad People

• Ku Klux Klan (KKK): Bad people who made fun of people who had dark colored skin

• Rosa’s grandpa would sit by the door with his gun to protect his family from the KKK

• The KKK wore white hoods and masks to hide who they were, and they did dreadful things

Things Were NOT Equal

• Things that white people and black people could not do together (segregation):• Go to the same school• Go to the same restaurant• Go to the same bathrooms• Go to the same stores• Drink from the same drinking fountains• Sit together on the bus

Bus #2857

• December 1st, 1955: Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on the bus to a white man

• The bus driver called the police and Rosa was arrested

• African Americans in the city where Rosa Parks lived decided to boycott the bus system

• On December 20th, 1956: The Supreme Court decided that Alabama’s segregation laws were unfair and that all people had to be treated the same

Bus #2857Roy Summerford bought bus #2857 in 1971, just after Civil Rights Movement

Bus #2857 (Restored)Bus #2857 was restored and can be seen at the Henry Ford Museum in Detroit

Rosa Parks Legacy

• Rosa received thousands of letters thanking her for what she did

• Streets, schools, and libraries are named after her• In Utah, 200 East downtown between South

Temple and 600 South is named Rosa Parks Boulevard

Rosa Parks Legacy

• 1996: Receives the Presidential Medal of Freedom

Rosa Parks Legacy

• 1999: Receives the Congressional Gold Medal

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