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Rosa Parks

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

ROSA PARKS

AND THE MONTGOMERY BUS BOYCOTT

Thesis Statement
Rosa Parks inspired the
Montgomery Bus Boycott, and changed the civil rights movement forever.

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ROSA PARKS ARREST

  • December 1, 1955
  • She was riding on the 1st row of the blacks section on the bus
  • She was told to move or else the bus driver would call the police
  • When she refused she was arrested for civil disobdience

BUS BOYCOTT BEGINS

  • On her trial date 90% of the black citizens staged a protest
  • Led by 26 year old pastor named Martin Luther King Jr.
  • Extended protest thoughts begin after the success of the one day boycott
  • MIA- Montgomery Improvement Association
  • King was named president, E.D. Nixon was vice president

PERSECUTION

  • King and nearly 80 other boycotters were arrested
  • 60% of those arrested were convicted
  • State of Alabama v. Martin Luther King Jr.
  • King and others members of MIA houses bombed
  • boycott continues

BOYCOTT GAINS ATTENTION

  • King's Trial gains national attention for boycott
  • Bayard Rustin and Glenn E. Smiley visit Montgomery
  • Gandhi-an style of protest
  • In Friendship

BROWDER V. GAYLE

  • June 4, 1956
  • 3 judge panel
  • June 5 ruling bans segregation on the buses

SUPREME COURT

  • November 13, 1956
  • Appealed by many including Montgomery
  • December 17, 1956, rejection of all appeals
  • Boycott worked

BOYCOTT ENDS

  • December 20, 1956, King ends the boycott
  • King thanks Rosa Parks for her efforts

ROSA PARKS LASTING MEMORY

  • "Mother of the civil rights campaign"
  • 1996- Congressional Medal of Freedom
  • 1999- Congressional Medal of Honor
  • 1999- Time's Magazine 20 most influencial people of the century

Work Cited

  • Martin Luther King Jr., and the global freedom struggle.” Stanford University. n.d. Web 4/3/14
  • Library of Congress. "Rosa Parks was arrested for civil disobedience on December 1, 1955." Library of Congress, n.d. 4/4/14.
  • Glass, Andrew. "Rosa Parks sparks Civil Rights Movement." Name of the Website. Politico, 12/1/10. Website. 4/5/14.
  • Bredhoff, Stacey, Wynell Schamel, and Lee Ann Potter. "Act of Courage arrest records of Rosa Parks." Social Education, May/ June 1999. Website. 4/7/14

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