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Rosa Parks Presentation

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Rosa Parks Presentation

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  1. Rosa Parks A national hero

  2. Outline • Historical background • Life • Activism • Legacy

  3. General information • Full name: Rosa Luise McCauley Parks • Born on February 4, 1913 in Tuskegee Alabama • Died on October 24, 2005 in Detroit Michigan • She had a brother: Sylvester McCauley • Her mother was a teacher and her father a carpenter • She was a seamstress, secretary and activist • 1932-1977: married to Raymond Parks, a barber and an active member of the NAACP  • She had no children

  4. Parks´ family origin • African ancestry, one of Parks' great-grandfathers was Scots-Irish,one of her great-grandmothers a part-Native American slave • grandparents: formerly enslaved people and strong advocates for racial equality • members of the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME)

  5. Childhood • Small child = she suffered health with chronic tonsillitis; she was sick much of the time in her younger years • At the age of two Parks´ parents separatedShe moved to Pine Level, where her maternal grandparents liveshe grew up on the Edward´s farm 

  6. Education • At a young age: taught to read by her motherAge of 6: she started making quilts like her mother and grandmothertill the age of 11: segregated rural schools • from the age of 11: learned sewing at school  • City´s Industrial School for Girls: she took academic and vocational courses • For her secondary education she attended a laboratory school established by the Alabama State Teachers College for Negroes • 1929, in the 11th grade: left school  • job at a shirt factory in Montgomery • 1933: high school degree with Raymond's support1934: joining the Montgomery chapter of the NAACP = she became actively involved in civil rights issues until 1957: secretary to NAACP President E.D. Nixon  

  7. Activism • Dedicated whole life to activism • Acknowledged for bravery • Civil rights activist • Fought against segregation

  8. Motivation • Family history: slavery • Personal experience: school, childhood • Role models: grandparents were supporters ofracial equality • Daily racism & segregation: frustration, tired of giving in

  9. Early activism • Scottsboro boys in the 1930´s • NAACP´s programs as a secretary • Later youth leader • Supported Recy Taylor

  10. Arrest • Did not want to give up her bus seat for a white passenger • Tired after a long day of work • Tired of giving in • Arrested but released on bail

  11. Montgomery Bus Boycott • December 5th 1955 • was organized following her arrest • 381 days • Successful: segregation in public transport unconstitutional

  12. Accomplishments • 1. Raised awareness • 2. Changed America and it´s view of Black people • 3. Supported the community of Black people • 4. Initiated the civil rights movement • 5. End of segregation in public transportation • 6. Inspiration •  Mother of the civil rights movement “Each person must live their life as a model for others“-Rosa Parks

  13. Later activities • traveled the states to raise money for the boycott and to give speeches • appeared at civil rights events (met Eleanor Roosevelt in this way) • founded 1987 The Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self Development

  14. Attacks • much media attention for the "mother of the civil rights movement" • Increasing pressure from the public interest • Bomb attacks (for example: on Martin Luther King's family) and recurring threatening phone calls and even death threats • led to the Parks moving from Montgomery to Detroit in 1957

  15. Attacks • segregation persisted in the minds of many • Raymond and Rosa both lost their jobs - many of the activists were socially punished in this way • Rosa Parks was subjected to verbal attacks during her performances

  16. Awards • 1996: Medal of Freedom  • 1999: Congressional Gold Medal • 2001:  Opening of a library and a museum in Montgomery in honor of Rosa Parks  • other awards by the US government

  17. Special Honor • her coffin was laid out in the US Capitol • was the first woman in the U.S. to be laid out in public at the Capitol • 30,000 people there said goodbye to the icon of the black civil rights movement

  18. Memories of Rosa Parks • 50th anniversary of her arrest • the authorities ordered in many American cities not to occupy the seats behind the bus driver to remember her activities • naming of various public facilities with the name Rosa Parks

  19. Sources • usa info • Wikipedia • www.biography.com • Rosaparksfacts.com • rosa-parks • wer-war-rosa-parks • parks-2-2018 • https://www.rosaparks.org/biography/ • https://www.biography.com/activist/rosa-parks • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosa_Parks

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