Rosa Parks Power Point on Rosa Louise Mc

Rosa Parks Power. Point on Rosa Louise Mc. Cauley

Rosa Parks childhood • Rosa was born February 4 th, 1913, in Tuskegee Alabama. • After Rosa’s parents separated Rosa's mother moved to live in Pine Level, Alabama to live with Rosa's Grandpa and Grandma. • Rose and Sylvester Edwards *Rosa's grandparents* were both former slaves

Rosa’s school life • Rosa had to walk to school everyday. Because Elementary School busses prohibited black people to ride. • When Rosa was in 11 th grade she left school to take care of her ill grandmother in Pine Level. • She never returned instead got a job at a shirt factory in Montgomery

Rosa Parks Marriage • In 1932 Rosa married a barber Named Ramon Parks. • Rosa met Ramon in 1932 he was a active member of the. N. A. A. C. P. National Association of the Advancement of colored people.

The bus ride • On December 1 st 1955 Rosa parks was riding the Cleveland Avenue bus after a long day at work. Where Rosa sat in the first few seats which were for whites • As the bus continued its route the bus started to fill with white passengers. The bus driver noticed some whites were standing up in the aisles and demanded Rosa to move.

The conversation • Rosa refused to get up, “ why don’t you get up” the bus driver said “ I don’t think I should have to get up” Rosa replied. • The driver called the police and had Rosa arrested. • Rosa said it wasn’t that she was tired that she didn’t get up, its that she was tired of giving in.

The arrest • The police arrested Rosa at the scene in violation of chapter 6 chapter 11 of the Montgomery city code. • She was taken to police headquarters where she was released later that night on bail. • On December 8 th Rosa had trial, in a 30 minuet hearing she was found guilty of violating local ordinance.

Major accomplishments • Rosa left high school to take care of her sick grandmother. After she married Ramon she went back to school and got her high school diploma. • She helped end segregation • Got the highest award in the. N. A. A. C. P. • In 1957, Mrs. Parks and her husband moved to Detroit, Michigan where Mrs. Parks served on the staff of U. S. Representative John Conyers.

After Ramon died • After the death of her husband in 1977, Mrs. Parks founded the Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self-Development. The Institute sponsors an annual summer program for teenagers called Pathways to Freedom. The young people tour the country in buses, under adult supervision, learning the history of their country and of the civil rights movement. President Clinton presented Rosa Parks with the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1996. She received a Congressional Gold Medal in 1999.

After Rosa died • Mrs. Parks spent her last years living quietly in Detroit, where she died in 2005 at the age of 92. After her death, her casket was placed in the rotunda of the United States Capitol for two days, so the nation could pay its respects to the woman whose courage had changed the lives of so many. She is the only woman and second African American in American history to lie in state at the Capitol, an honor usually reserved for Presidents of the United States. •

Reasons to look up to Rosa • • • 1. ) she's brave 2. ) she stands up for what she believes in 3. ) was very successful 4. ) got many awards 5. ) she is a big reason to ending segregation 6. )got highest award in. N. A. C. C. P