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Profiles in Leadership

Profiles in Leadership. Rosa Parks. Rosa Parks. Born: 1913 Died: 2005. Rosa Parks. Rosa was born and raised in Alabama.

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Profiles in Leadership

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  1. Profiles in Leadership Rosa Parks

  2. Rosa Parks Born: 1913 Died: 2005

  3. Rosa Parks Rosa was born and raised in Alabama. As she grew up, Rosa had to go to second-rate all black schools and she faced daily rounds of laws governing how she could behave in public places. These laws were called the “Jim Crow Laws”. The most important of these laws required that public schools, public places and public transportation have separate buildings, toilets, and restaurants for whites and blacks

  4. Rosa Parks “Jim Crow Laws”

  5. Rosa Parks “Jim Crow Laws”

  6. Rosa Parks “Jim Crow Laws”

  7. Rosa Parks “Jim Crow Laws”

  8. Rosa Parks “Jim Crow Laws”

  9. Rosa Parks Rosa was a seamstress in Montgomery. She became active in the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People). Like many Southern blacks, she often boycotted the public facilities marked “Colored”

  10. Rosa Parks At age forty-two, on December 1, 1955, Rosa had a tiring day and her back and shoulders ached. She got on a bus and found a seat near the middle. A few stops down the line, a white man got on and demanded the seat. Rosa Parks refused!

  11. Rosa Parks She was arrested, booked, fingerprinted and jailed

  12. Rosa Parks The black community called for a boycott of the buses. For more than a year they refused to ride on the buses. On November 13, 1956, the United States Supreme Court ruled that segregation was unlawful and one month later all signs designating white and colored sections were removed.

  13. Rosa Parks Parks and her family received numerous threats and almost constant telephone harassment. In 1957 Rosa moved north to Detroit, Michigan.

  14. Rosa Parks Honors Peace Prize in 1994 Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1996 Congressional Gold Medal in 1999

  15. Rosa Parks Rosa Parks, at the age of 92, passed away on October 24, 2005. Her casket was placed in the rotunda of the United States Capitol for two days. This is an honor usually only reserved for Presidents.

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