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Learn the history of Rosa Parks and how her actions and the boycott that followed led to the end of bus segregation in Montgomery, Alabama.#SocialStudies #Ed Step aboard history as we tour the actual bus where Rosa Parks made her stand for equality in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1955. This pivotal act of defiance igni On December 1, 1955 Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, AL and sparked the American Civil Rights movement of the 20th century. #Bi Rosa Parks—long-standing civil rights activist and author—is best known for her refusal to give up her seat to a white bus passenger, sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Through two primary source activities and a short video, students will learn about Parks’ lifelong commitment to the Civil Rights Movement. Read the Lesson Plan. Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat on the bus. Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum - Rosa Parks Rides the Bus Video Site Menu. Games. Videos (current section) Learn about Rosa Parks’ role in the Montgomery Bus Boycott in this video excerpt from an interview with the iconic civil rights activist, recorded for the landmark series on the Civil Rights Movement, Eyes on the Prize. On December 1, 1955, Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama. Her refusal sparked a massive bus boycott that lasted 381 days, ending Video summary. Rosa Parks tells the story of her life, showing how her refusal to give up her seat to a white person on a segregated bus changed the rules of American society, and led towards On December 1, 1955 Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, AL and sparked the American Civil Rights movement of the 20th century. On 1 December 1955, Rosa Parks was arrested in Alabama for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white man. Discover how her act of defiance sparked the US civil rights movement. Rosa Parks would have turned 112 this weekend. Twenty years after her death, her legacy in the face of Jim Crow laws and her dedication to non-violent civil rights change is continuing to be honored. Rosa Parks (1913—2005) helped initiate the civil rights movement in the United States when she refused to give up her seat to a white man on a Montgomery, Alabama bus in 1955. Her actions Rosa Parks' Bus . In 1955, African Americans were still required by a Montgomery, Alabama, city ordinance to sit in the back half of city buses and to yield their seats to white riders if the There, when a woman called Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat, a bus journey became very important. Rosa's refusal was a protest about racism against black people. Inside this bus on December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks, a soft-spoken African-American seamstress, refused to give up her seat to a white man, breaking existing seg For 382 days, almost the entire African-American population of Montgomery, Alabama, including leaders Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks, refused to ride Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus BoycottWatch the FULL special here! - On 1 December 1955 Rosa Parks was arrested in Montgomery, Alabama, for refusing to give her bus seat to a white passenger.The repercussions were swift.The ar This is actual bus that Rosa Parks reused to give up her seat to a white passenger in 1955. The bus in now in the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, MI. Rosa Parks Instead of the regular school bus, a strange talking bus pulls up & takes a girl on a ride through the life of Rosa Parks — with a surprise rider at the end!
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