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Rosa ParksRosa ParksAfrican American Struggle for Equality:
A Civil Rights Hero
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Introduction to Rosa’s Life
Introduction to Rosa’s Life
• Rosa Parks is often referred to as the “Mother of the Modern day Civil Rights Movement”
• Her story helps explain how important every individual citizen is in a democracy
• Childhood: Grew up on a small farm with her mother, brother, and grandparents
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Rosa’s Early Years
Rosa’s Early Years
• Education:– At age 11, Rosa was began attending the Montgomery
Industrial School for Girls– This school gave Rosa many new opportunities
• “Take advantage of the opportunities, no matter how few they are”-- Leona McCauley
– Rosa remembers life as a child by saying,• “Back then, we didn't have any civil rights. It was just
a matter of survival, of existing from one day to the next. I remember going to sleep as a girl hearing the Klan ride at night and hearing a lynching and being afraid the house would burn down.” -- Rosa Parks
Rights Activist• Along with the Montgomery NAACP chapter,
Rosa began fighting quietly for equal rights and to improve the position of African Americans in the segregated south
• Appointed the youth leader in Montgomery– "I worked on numerous cases with the NAACP but we
did not get the publicity. There were cases of flogging, peonage, murder, and rape. We didn't seem to have too many successes. It was more a matter of trying to challenge the powers that be, and to let it be known that we did not wish to continue being second-class citizens.” -- Rosa Parks
• The news of Park’s actions traveled fast throughout the African-American community in Montgomery
• Black community leaders formed the Montgomery Improvement Association in order to organize the bus boycott– They elected Martin Luther King, Jr. to lead the group
• African Americans filed a lawsuit and refused to ride the busses for 381 days
• Finally, in 1956, the Supreme Court outlawed bus segregation
A Civil Rights Hero
A Civil Rights Hero
• The modern civil rights movement is commonly thought to begin on December 1, 1955, the day Rosa refused to give up a seat on the bus
• Her act of courage and bravery ended legal segregation in America
• Rosa Parks became an inspiration to all people who believed in equal rights for all– It is with Parks example that gives us all the hope
that any individual can change the world
Rosa Parks, who inspired a generation to fight for equality, died in 2005 at the age of 92
Rosa Parks, who inspired a generation to fight for equality, died in 2005 at the age of 92