Civil Rights Leader Rosa Parks Copyright 2014 Solène Gousselin

Questions-answers I am going to make a presentation on Rosa Parks to sum up all the information from the group work that you have done. That will be useful for the TEST. You need to take notes!! A paper with answers  corresponding question Questions will be asked at the end of my presentation. Copyright 2014 Solène Gousselin

Rosa Parks 4 th February 1913, in Tuskegee, Alabama. Lived in a farm with her brother, mother and grandparents. Job: * in Montgomery, Alabama. *Seamstress: a job sewing and making clothes. Copyright 2014 Solène Gousselin seamstress

NAACP NAACP*: 1943: became secretary of The Montgomery branch of the NAACP Copyright 2014 Solène Gousselin N ational A ssociation for the A dvancement of C olored P eople

Civil Rights Black people (African- Americans) living in Alabama were not treated equally to white Americans. They did not have equal rights. Black people and white people had to sit in certain seats on the bus. If all the “white seats” were taken then a black person had to stand up to let the white person sit down! This was the law in Alabama! Copyright 2014 Solène Gousselin Example:

Segregation (separation) Copyright 2014 Solène Gousselin

Standing up for her rights. “It was a small act of defiance, she refused to give up her seat, as a black woman to a white man, this changed the course of American history.” ( BBC News – 2005/10/25 – Obituary* Rosa Parks). On 1 st December after coming home from work, Rosa was sitting on the bus when the bus driver ordered her to give up* her seat to a white man, who couldn’t find a seat in the “white section” of the bus. Copyright 2014 Solène Gousselin 1955

Before Rosa Parks Mary Louise Smith Arrested in Oct 1955 (2 months before Rosa Parks). Copyright 2014 Solène Gousselin

Before Rosa Parks On March 2 nd 1955 (9 months before Rosa Parks) : Claudette Colvin stood up for her rights. Copyright 2014 Solène Gousselin

Before Rosa Parks In July 1944, same thing with Irene Morgan but in Virginia (11 years before Rosa Parks) Copyright 2014 Solène Gousselin

Treated equally? "Are you going to stand up?" bus driver James Blake, asked. "No," she answered. "Well, by God," the driver replied, "I'm going to have you arrested." "You may do that," Mrs Parks responded. Copyright 2014 Solène Gousselin What do you think this shows of Rosa Park’s personality?

Arrested  Guilty* : black people had to give up their bus seats to whites  Rosa Parks was fined* $10/14. Rosa was bailed* from jail by her friend, Mr E.D. Nixon. (Another civil rights leader.) *bailed: released Copyright 2014 Solène Gousselin (breaking the law)

Boycott of the Bus System To boycott : to refuse to buy something or to take part in something as a way of protesting. By boycotting the buses they hoped to change the laws of segregation. The buses depended on African- Americans to keep their business running. Copyright 2014 Solène Gousselin

Non-violent Protest The boycott went on for 13 months. (#days?) African-American people (about 90% of the African-American community) in Montgomery, Alabama, found other ways to get to work (+/- 40,000 black people). How else do you think they got to work? Walked Cycled Shared cars/carpooled* Copyright 2014 Solène Gousselin

Success! The boycott ended when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the SEGREGATION laws on Alabama buses were not legal. African- Americans walking to work, boycotting the buses. Copyright 2014 Solène Gousselin

An Inspiration to Others Rosa was given the nickname*: Inspiration*: an idea or act which affects others to act in a similar way. She inspired Martin Luther King and others to protest for equal rights in America. 1963: Washington March Copyright 2014 Solène Gousselin “The Mother of the Civil Rights Movement”

An Inspiration to Others Copyright 2014 Solène Gousselin 1965: The Selma March

“I had a right”  24 th October 2005 She will be remembered for standing up for what she believed inspiring others to change the world for better. “The real reason of my not standing up was I felt that I had a right to be treated as any other passenger.” Rosa Parks, Copyright 2014 Solène Gousselin