Rosa Parks

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Rosa Parks

• Jessica Ford

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Rosa Parks
Pioneer in Civil rights

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Childhood

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

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Education

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

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

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Voting

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

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NAACP

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

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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

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Montgomery Bus boycott

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

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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/