Early Life
What year was Rosa Parks born?
1913.
What year did Rosa Parks refuse to give up her seat on the bus?
1955.
What group did Rosa Parks work with to fight injustice (racism)?
NAACP
(National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.)
What medal did she get from President Clinton in 1996?
The Presidential Medal of Freedom.
What was Rosa’s favorite hobby?
Sewing.
What state was Rosa Parks born in?
Alabama.
What city did the bus protest happen in?
Montgomery.
What laws did the boycott protest against?
Segregation laws.
Jim Crow.
What medal did Congress give her in 1999?
The Congressional Gold Medal.
Did Rosa Parks ever meet Martin Luther King Jr.?
(Yes or No)
What was her full birth name?
Rosa Louise McCauley.
What movement started after her arrest after the bus incident?
The Montgomery Bus Boycott.
What did Rosa Parks's actions inspire people across the country to do?
Stand up against racial injustice.
What museum holds the bus she sat on?
The Henry Ford Museum.
What was the name of Rosa Parks's husband?
Raymond Parks.
What relative(s) raised her after her parents split up?
Her grandparents.
Who also became a leader during the boycott? (Not Rosa Parks, someone else.)
Martin Luther King Jr.
What major change happened because of the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
Segregation on public buses was made illegal.
What U.S. holiday honors Rosa Parks in some states?
Rosa Parks Day.
Was her act of protest planned or random?
It was planned.
What milestone did Rosa Parks achieve in high school?
Earned her high school diploma.
How long did the Montgomery Bus Boycott last?
381 days.
Over a year.
What was one way Rosa Parks helped young people after the Civil Rights Movement?
She started a youth program to teach leadership and history to people.
What is a name that Rosa Parks is often called?
The Mother of the Civil Rights Movement.
What did Rosa Parks say she would like to be remembered for?
She wanted to be "remembered as a person who wanted to be free... so other people would be also free."