By: LeAnn Schannep

Student Sample

Rosa ParksCivil Rights Hero

By: Ava, Joey, Mandi and Tomeka

Rosa Parks was born on February 4, 1913 in

Tuskegee, Alabama. Her dad was a carpenter and her mom was a

teacher. She moved to Pine Level and was raised on

her grandparents farm. She was homeschooled until age 11 and then

went to the Industrious School for Girls in Montgomery.

She had to drop out of school to take care of her sick grandmother.

Childhood

Rosa was married and lived in Montgomery. She worked at the Montgomery Fair

Department Store as a seamstress. She rode to work each day on the city bus.

Adulthood

Rosa lived during the time of the Jim Crow Laws. These were different laws that segregated black and

whites. They used different restrooms. They had different entrances to stores and theatres. They had different drinking fountains. They went to different schools The Jim Crow laws allowed white people to be

treated better than blacks and receive better services and education.

Black people were called colored people.

Jim Crow LawsWHITES COLORED

One day, in December of 1955, Rosa was

riding home from work on the bus. The bus was crowded and there were no more

seats in the front/white section of the bus. Rosa was told by the driver to get out of her

seat and give it to a white man. Rosa refused to give up her seat. She was arrested.

The Big Event

The black community was very upset over

what happened to Rosa Parks. They got together and decided to boycott

(stop riding) the city buses. They wanted to let the city know it was not

O.K. to treat black people as less than white people.

The boycott lasted for almost a year. In December 1956 the bus company ended its

policy of segregation.

Result

The bus boycott in Montgomery led to the

Supreme Court ruling that segregation in public transportation was unconstitutional. This means that they said it was not fair for blacks to be treated differently than whites on buses.

The Montgomery bus boycott also led to many other protests.

Eventually the Supreme Court passed the 1964 Civil Rights Act which said blacks and whites were equal and should be treated that way.

Impact

EQUALITY

Our lives our different today because of Rosa

Parks and the Civil Rights movement. We would not all be here in school together. We would not be able to be friends and hang

out together. Black people would not be treated fairly. Black people would not be able to get a good

education or job. President Obama would not be our President.

Our lives today

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15p5HB-FpjI&feature=player_embedded

Click on this video to see how Rosa Parks impacted the Civil Rights movement.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dO2KBh9JPj0&feature=player_embedded#t=152

To hear Rosa Parks describe the incident in her own words….