Rosa Parks What 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 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 4 th, 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 1 st, 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 20 th, 1956: The Supreme Court decided that Alabama’s segregation laws were unfair and that all people had to be treated the same

Bus #2857 Roy 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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