rachel linch world history honors period 4. i was born on february 4 th in 1913. i was born in...
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Rachel LinchWorld History HonorsPeriod 4
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I was born on February 4th in 1913.
I was born in Tuskegee, Alabama.
I left school as a junior to
help my sick grandmother.
I was rewarded the
Martin Luther King Jr. Award by the NAACP.
I started the
Montgomery Bus Boycott.
I received the Peace
Abbey Courage of Conscience
Award.
I was attacked by
Joseph Skipper at my house.
I was a recipient of the Alabama Academy Award.
I died in 2005.
Who Am I?
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I Am the Reason for
the Montgomery
Bus Boycott: Rosa Parks
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Born on February 4th in 1913. › Tuskegee, Alabama
Grew up through “times of racial discrimination and activism for racial equality.”
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Left high school during her junior year.
Two years (1932) later she married Raymond Parks.
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Started in 1955 Refused to move for a white man on the bus and was arrested. › Released on bail that night.
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Court decided that Alabama’s segregation laws were unconstitutional for the public.
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Segregation law changed and made the Montgomery Bus Boycott a 382 day boycott.
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Continued to be an active member of the NAACP. › National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
The Civil Rights Act was passed a year later and signed by Lyndan B. Johnson.
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1980: Martin Luther King Jr. Award by the NAACP
1992: Peace Abbey Courage of Conscience Award
Founded the Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self Development
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1999: TIME magazine named Parks one of the most influential people of the century.
2000: Alabama Academy Award
2000: Rosa Parks Museum and Library was dedicated to Troy University
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Parks died in 2005 due to complications of progressive dementia.
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Parks will always be remembered for not letting the color of her skin define her life.
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I was born on January 20th in 1954.
I was born in Kosciusko,
Mississippi.
When I was nine I was raped by my cousin.
I won the Elk’s Club speaking contest.
I was the anchor on A.M. Chicago and in 1985 the show was named after me.
I won the Nashville Miss Fire Prevention Contest.
I was an anchor at Nashville’s WTVF-TV.
I attended the White House
Conference on Youth in Colorado
and represented Tennessee.
I received the Bob Hope for Humanitarian Award in 2002.
Who Am I?
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I Am one of the first African
Americans to have my own Television Show: Oprah Winfrey
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Born on January 29th in 1954. › Kosciusko, Mississippi
Started kindergarten at the age of five, but was moved to first grade right away.
When she was nine, she was raped by her cousin.
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1968: attended an all white high school.
Her senior year, 1970 she won an Elk’s Club speaking contest.
Attended a White House Conference on Youth in Colorado and represented Tennessee.
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1972: anchor at Nashville’s WTVF-TV.
1984: anchor on A.M. Chicago
A few years later A.M. Chicago was renamed the Oprah Winfrey Show.
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Formed her own production company, Harp, Inc.
1995: started Oprah Online with AOL in partnership with ABC.
Two years later the Oprah Angel Network was formed.
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Named the Women of Achievement by the National Organization of Women.
Won her first Emmy award in 1986.
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Oprah Winfrey is still alive today.
She will always be remembered for being one of the first African-American women on television and always stood up for what she believed in.
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They are both African-American women.
They were both abused sometime in their life.
They both accomplished many things throughout their life.
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Parks was born in 1913 and Winfrey was born in 1954.
Parks is no longer alive, while Winfrey is still living.
Parks moved at a young age, while Winfrey stayed in the same place for quite awhile.
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Oprah winfrey biography. (2009). Retrieved from http://www.biography.com/articles/Oprah-Winfrey-9534419?part=0 Rosa parks biography. (1996). Retrieved from http://www.biography.com/articles/Rosa-Parks-9433715 Rosa parks bus. (2002). Retrieved from http://www.hfmgv.org/exhibits/rosaparks/story.asp Walker, V. (2002). Oprah winfrey biography. Retrieved from http://www.essortment.com/all/oprahwinfrey_rkcr.htm