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Rosa Parks

Rosa Parks. What She D id 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.

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Rosa Parks

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  1. Rosa Parks What She Did to Change the World

  2. 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

  3. Timeline Civil War 1861-1865 Emancipation Proclamation 1863 Rosa Parks and the Civil Rights Movement Rosa Parks Born February 1913 Rosa Parks Dies October 2005 Civil Rights Movement 1955

  4. Rosa Parks

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. 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

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

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

  11. 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

  12. Rosa Parks Legacy • 1996: Receives the Presidential Medal of Freedom

  13. Rosa Parks Legacy • 1999: Receives the Congressional Gold Medal

  14. Questions

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