Tega Sisk

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Rosa Parks and the Bus Boycott

• Tega Sisk

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The Beginning
The Beginning

• Birth
• Montgomery Industrial School for Girls
• Alabama State Teachers College

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Sitting Down

• December 1st, 1955
• Montgomery, Alabama
• Sitting in the front seat

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Arrested

• Drivers orders to move and Rosas defiance
• Arrested for violating segregation laws
• Mr. E.D. Nixon posts bail

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Bus Boycott December 5th, 1955

• Black leaders call for a boycott
• Martin Luther King, Jr. is chosen as the leader
  of the boycott
• United in protest
• Rosa Parks goes to court and is found guilty

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Dr. King Inspires African-Americans
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Boycott Works

• Companies do not change segregation policies
• Companies raise prices and reduce buses
• White shop owners lose business
• African-Americans protest using non-violent
  tactics

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Court Ruling

• November 13th, 1956
• Supreme Court rules that Montgomerys segregation
  laws are unconstitutional
• Graph

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Quotes from Rosa Parks

• I always encourage children to stay in school,
  get good grades, and to believe in themselves.
• People need to free their minds of racial
  prejudice and believe in equality for all and
  freedom regardless of race.
• Even when we are brave and have courage, change
  still doesnt come about for a long time.
• For more quotes from Rosa Parks click on the
  button below.

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Famous Civil Rights Leaders
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