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Rosa Park’s Heroism Still Inspires

Rosa Park’s Heroism Still Inspires . Rosa Parks . Civil Right’s Movement . 1960s movement to establish the civil rights and equality of African Americans in the United States. (1955-1968). 1950s Jim Crow System . Racial segregation: public facilities, government services, education

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Rosa Park’s Heroism Still Inspires

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  1. Rosa Park’s Heroism Still Inspires

  2. Rosa Parks

  3. Civil Right’s Movement • 1960s movement to establish the civil rights and equality of African Americans in the United States. (1955-1968)

  4. 1950s Jim Crow System • Racial segregation: public facilities, government services, education • Disfranchisement: unable to vote • Employment discrimination • Violence: individual, police, organizational, mass racial violence

  5. Aims of the Civil Rights Movement • Freedom from oppression • Respect • Dignity • Economic and social equality

  6. Martin Luther KingWhat was his dream?

  7. Demanding Decent Housing, Decent Pay

  8. Freedom Riders 1961

  9. Police Brutality

  10. Trying to end segregation in schools

  11. Rosa Parks and Montgomery Bus Boycott, 1955-1956

  12. Achievements • Civil Rights Act of 1964: banned discrimination based on “race, color, religion, or national origin” in employment practices and public accomodations • Voting Rights Act of 1965: restored, protected voting rights • Immigration and Nationality Services Act of 1965: opened entry to the U.S. to immigrants other than traditional European groups. • Fair Housing Act of 1968: banned discrimination in the sale or rental of housing

  13. Inequality • Can you think of examples of inequality in your community, city, school, or country?

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