By: LeAnn Schannep Student Sample
By: Ava, Joey, Mandi and Tomeka
Rosa Parks was born on February 4, 1913 in Tuskegee, Alabama. Her dad was a carpenter and her mom was a teacher. She moved to Pine Level and was raised on her grandparents farm. She was homeschooled until age 11 and then went to the Industrious School for Girls in Montgomery. She had to drop out of school to take care of her sick grandmother. Childhood
Rosa was married and lived in Montgomery. She worked at the Montgomery Fair Department Store as a seamstress. She rode to work each day on the city bus. Adulthood
Rosa lived during the time of the Jim Crow Laws. These were different laws that segregated black and whites. They used different restrooms. They had different entrances to stores and theatres. They had different drinking fountains. They went to different schools The Jim Crow laws allowed white people to be treated better than blacks and receive better services and education. Black people were called colored people. Jim Crow Laws WHITESCOLORED
One day, in December of 1955, Rosa was riding home from work on the bus. The bus was crowded and there were no more seats in the front/white section of the bus. Rosa was told by the driver to get out of her seat and give it to a white man. Rosa refused to give up her seat. She was arrested. The Big Event
The black community was very upset over what happened to Rosa Parks. They got together and decided to boycott (stop riding) the city buses. They wanted to let the city know it was not O.K. to treat black people as less than white people. The boycott lasted for almost a year. In December 1956 the bus company ended its policy of segregation. Result
The bus boycott in Montgomery led to the Supreme Court ruling that segregation in public transportation was unconstitutional. This means that they said it was not fair for blacks to be treated differently than whites on buses. The Montgomery bus boycott also led to many other protests. Eventually the Supreme Court passed the 1964 Civil Rights Act which said blacks and whites were equal and should be treated that way. Impact EQUALITY
Our lives our different today because of Rosa Parks and the Civil Rights movement. We would not all be here in school together. We would not be able to be friends and hang out together. Black people would not be treated fairly. Black people would not be able to get a good education or job. President Obama would not be our President. Our lives today
FpjI&feature=player_embedded FpjI&feature=player_embedded Click on this video to see how Rosa Parks impacted the Civil Rights movement.
feature=player_embedded#t=152 feature=player_embedded#t=152 To hear Rosa Parks describe the incident in her own words….