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Title: Rosa Parks


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Rosa Parks
  • Jessica Ford

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Rosa Parks
Pioneer in Civil rights

3
Childhood
  • Born on February 14th, 1913
  • Raised near Montgomery, Al

4
Education
  • Home-schooled until 11.
  • Attended a laboratory school for high school, but
    dropped out to care for her grandmother.

5
  • In 1933, Less then 7 of African Americans had a
    degree.
  • Rosa went back and got her high school degree.

6
Voting
  • Jim Crow laws that made voting by black people
    difficult
  • Rosa had to register to vote 3 times.

7
NAACP
  • 1943 Rosa became a member
  • She was the only woman at the time
  • She became their secretary

8
The Bus that started it all
  • Rosa refused to give up her seat for a white
    man.
  • She was arrested.
  • She was fined a total of 14

9
Montgomery Bus boycott
  • The boycott lasted 382 days
  • 40,000 blacks walked and carpooled
  • Until segregation on bus was lifted

10
Awards and Honors
  • Rosa Parks has received many awards
  • One of her highest is the Presidential Medal of
    Freedom.


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She was 92 years old
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Nation Honors Rosa Parks
  • Her casket was displayed at the capital for two
    days.
  • She was the first woman with this honor.

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Civil Rights Pioneer
  • She has left an enduring legacy for the Civil
    Rights Movement.
  • She is an icon for standing up for the right
    thing.

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Cool websites to visit
  • http//www.grandtimes.com/rosa.html
  • http//www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/par0bio-1
  • http//www.montgomeryboycott.com/
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