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THE ROSA PARKS LEGACY

THE ROSA PARKS LEGACY. The USA in 1956. International Conflits in 1956. Rosa Parks. Rosa Parks was a seamstress . ( She sewed and made clothes ). Martin Luther King, who was only 26 at the time, coordinated the boycott and gave it immediate visibility to the whole world.

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THE ROSA PARKS LEGACY

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  1. THE ROSA PARKS LEGACY

  2. The USA in 1956

  3. International Conflits in 1956

  4. Rosa Parks

  5. Rosa Parkswas a seamstress. (Shesewed and made clothes). Martin Luther King, whowasonly 26 at the time, coordinated the boycott and gave itimmediatevisibility to the whole world. Fortyyearsaftergettingarrested, Rosa Parkswasawarded the PresidentialMedal of Freedom, the highestcivilianhonor, by President Clinton Rosa Parkswas 42 yearsoldwhenshewasarrested. Twomonthsbefore, Claudette Colvin, a 15-year-old girl, had been arrested for the samereason. Rosa Parkswas a secretaryat the N.A.A.C.P.: whenshedecided not to give up herseat, sheknewthat black people werewellprepared and ready to support her. Rosa Parkswasreleased. The Federal Court declaredthat Alabama transportation segregationwasunconstitutionalseveralmonthslater. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (N.A.A.C.P.) wasfounded in 1909. On 1st December 1955, Rosa Parksdecided not to give up herseat to a white man on the bus Whenhesawthat Rosa Parkswasn’tgoing to give up herseat, the bus driver called for the police. On December 5 1955, the bus boycott started in Montgomery, Alabama. After 11 months of black people’srefusing to take buses, the bus companywas on the brink of bankruptcy.

  6. Use information fromSlide 4 to rewrite Rosa Parks’ story here. You choose the order in which to present the information. Rephrase the sentences and use linkwordswhennecessary.

  7. The Montgomery Bus Boycott

  8. 1865 End of Civil War * Emancipation of all slaves • 1896 Jim Crow “Separate but Equal” laws declared constitutional by Supreme Court (Plessy v. Ferguson) • 1954 Supreme Court reverses Plessy v. Ferguson. “Separate but equal” declared inherently unequal. • (Brown v. Board of Education) • 1955-56Bus Boycott in Montgomery; Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr. become famous around the world. • 1957 Little Rock, Arkansas, nine African-American students are denied access to Central High School. Eisenhower sends Federal troops to protect them. • 1957 First Civil Rights Act – Voting rights The act has provisions making it easier for black people to register to vote. • 1963Martin Luther King delivers his famous “I Have a Dream” speech in front of 250,000 people at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D. C. • 1964Civil Rights Act (segregation in public places abolished, equal employment opportunity) • 1965 All remaining voting barriers outlawed • 1965Malcolm X assassinated • 1968Martin Luther King assassinated

  9. Rosa Parks and the Presidents Rosa Parksat the White House in 1996. PresidentObama in the bus in which ParkschangedAmerica, in April 2012.

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