1. Who is this?

2. Rosa Parks Seamstress in Montgomery, Alabama Dec. 1, 1955—refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white passenger Arrested by the police and jailed and found guilty Worked with Martin Luther King, Jr. to start the Montgomery Bus Boycott “Mother of the Civil Rights Movement” Later became the secretary to the NAACP

3. Bus Montgomery Bus Boycott (381 Days) oBoycott Began after Rosa Parks was arrested The boycott caused a crippling financial deficit for the city of Montgomery  Blacks were the majority of the passengers on their buses Rosa Park’s lawsuit went to the Supreme Court in 1956 Sup. Court ruled Alabama’s segregation on buses was unconstitutional  the boycott ended 1956—the Interstate Commerce Commission banned segregation on all interstate trains and buses Parks died on October 24, 2005 at the age of 92

4. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Appointed as leader of the Montgomery Improvement Association during the bus boycott Believed nonviolent resistance would end segregation and racism (Gandhi) Urged followers to disobey unjust laws through passive resistance The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) created in 1957 led by King  Centered in black churches throughout the South  Worked to desegregate and get blacks to vote

5. Quote by Martin Luther King Jr. “I submit that an individual who breaks the law that conscience tells him is unjust, and willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for law.” What is your reaction to Dr. King’s assessment? How is it possible to break a law and yet have the “highest respect for law”?

6. Quote Analysis Assess and evaluate the impact of Rosa Parks on the Civil Rights Movement using the quote as a basis for your assessment. “People always say that I didn’t give up my seat because I was tired, but that isn’t true. I was not tired physically, or no more tired than I usually was at the end of a working day. I was not old, although some people have an image of me as being old then. I was forty-two. No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in.” Rosa Parks

7. African American Churches Many leaders of the boycott were ministers Churches were used for planning and protest meetings