Rosa parks

Rosa Parks and the Boycott Act

By byebye;)

  • Rosa was Born

    Rosa was Born
    Rosa Louise McClauley (maiden name) was born on Febuary 4, 1913 at Tuskgee.

  • Segragation in Childhood

    Segragation in Childhood
    She remembers when she had to walk to school and the whites got to write the buses. "I'd see the bus pass every day... But to me, that was a way of life; we had no choice but to accept what was the custom. The bus was among the first ways I realized there was a black world and a white world.

  • Married

    Married
    In 1932, Rosa married Raymond Parks, a barber from Montgomery

  • Boycott Bus Act

    Boycott Bus Act
    After a hard day of work, Parks boarded the bus. She sat in the front of the bus (were the whites sat)only because thier were no more black seats. After everyone tried to take her off the bus she still refused.

  • She was Arrested

    She was Arrested
    After that harsh hour of fighting and refusing she was arrested because of the way she behaved.

  • An end to Boycott

    An end to Boycott
    The boycott officially ended December 20, 1956, after 381 days. The cities passed law saying that all black bus passengers to sit nearly anywhere they chose on the buses. The Montgomery Bus Boycott resounded far beyond the desegregation of public buses.

  • Because of Her

    Because of Her
    After her arrest, Parks became an icon of the Civil Rights Movement but suffered hardships as a result. Due to economic sanctions used against activists, she lost her job at the department store. Her husband quit his job after his boss forbid him to talk about his wife or the legal case. Parks traveled and spoke a lot about the issues.

  • Achievements

    Achievements
    Parks became so famous that after a while in Detroit they renamed 12th Street "Rosa Parks Boulevard.”(1976) Parks also won lots of medals for her bravery from the 1980 – 2004.
    She even helped Nelson Mandela release from prison in South Africa in the 1990’s

  • Death of Rosa Parks

    Death of Rosa Parks
    Rosa Parks died of natural causes, but will be remembered for her greatness

  • 100th Birth Anniversary

    100th Birth Anniversary
    President Barack Obama said a speech February 4, 2013, as the "100th Anniversary of the Birth of Rosa Parks." He called "upon all Americans to observe this day with appropriate service, community, and education programs to honor Rosa Parks's bravery