Rosa Parks
What did Rosa Parks fight for?
Racial Equality
What do you call someone who fights for equal rights?
Civil Rights Activist
What did Rosa Parks do on December 1st, 1955 to protest?
She refused to give up her seat to a white man. She was arrested and fined for breaking the segregation laws. The law was wrong, not her behavior.
What year was Rosa Parks arrested?
1955
What was the cause of Rosa Parks' death?
She dies of natural causes at the age of 92.
Where was Rosa Parks born?
Tuskegee, Alabama, USA
What is racism?
Hatred and/or discrimination towards a person, community, or institution based on race or ethnicity
What movement was sparked by Rosa Parks' protest?
The Montgomery Bus Boycott
What year did Rosa Parks die?
2005
What is Rosa Parks a symbol of all over the world?
She is a symbol of freedom and equality.
What was the name of Rosa Parks' husband?
Raymond Parks
What was the name of the set of 19th century laws segregating white people and African Americans?
'Jim Crow Laws'
What was the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
African Americans boycotted (refused to use) the buses that relied on their business. The bus companies lost money. It was a nonviolent, civil protest.
What were the years of the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
1955-1956
What made the Montgomery Bus Boycott difficult for African Americans?
Violence from angry white people
Walking long distances or carpooling to get to work
When was Rosa Parks born?
February 4th, 1913
What was the name of the racist laws that controlled black people, making it hard to vote? (separate from Jim Crow Laws)
'Black Codes'
What is Rosa Parks known as in relation to the civil rights movement?
She is known as the 'Mother of the Civil Rights Movement" or the "Mother of the Freedom Movement"
What years did Rosa Parks win awards? Name at least one.
1996 (Presidential Medal of Freedom)
1999 (Congressional Gold Medal)
Which important figure was elected leader of the Montgomery Improvement Association which arranged the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (later became famously the leader of the Civil Rights Movement)
What was Rosa Parks' occupation after high school graduation?
Seamstress in Montgomery, Alabama
What is the NAACP?
National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People - working towards putting an end to discrimination and segregation
What did the Supreme Court decide/rule on November 13th, 1956?
The Court ruled Alabama's racial segregation laws as 'unconstitutional' (invalid, wrong, unlawful).
What year did Rosa Parks co-found the Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self Development?
1987
Name one of the two main federal laws that ended the Civil Rights Movement
Civil Rights Act (1964) and Voting Rights Act (1965)