Rosa ParksWhat She Did to Change the World

ObjectivesBy 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

TimelineCivil War 1861-1865

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 4th, 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 1st, 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 20th, 1956: The Supreme Court

decided that Alabama’s segregation laws were unfair and that all people had to be treated the same

Bus #2857Roy 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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