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Rosa Parks (center, in dark coat and hat) rides a bus at the end of the Montgomery Bus Boycott, Montgomery, Alabama, Dec. 26, 1956. Don Cravens/The LIFE Images Collection via Getty Images/Getty Images. Most of us know Rosa Parks as the African American woman who quietly, but firmly, refused to give up her bus seat to a white person Dec. 1, 1955, in Montgomery, Alabama. That small act of Question 5 (2 points) Which statement about Rosa Parks' story is NOT true? Parks was a seamstress who refused to give up her seat to a white passenger. Parks attended the Baptist church headed by Martin Luther King, Jr. Parks had no history of activism prior to December 1, 1955. Parks was secretary of the Montgomery chapter of the NAACP. On this day an unknown seamstress in Montgomery, Alabama " Rosa Louise McCauley Parks" refused to give up her bus seat to a white passenger. This brave woman, Rosa Parks, was Fined and arrested for violating a city ordinance, but her lonely act of defiance began a movement that ended legal segregation in America and made her an inspiration to Rosa Parks is fingerprinted by police. Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty images “People always say that I didn’t give up my seat because I was tired, but that isn’t true,” Parks said in her 1992 book, Rosa Parks: My Story. “I was not tired physically, or no more tired than I usually was at the end of a working day. My best guess is B. The time of her arrest might have actaully helped the others fighting for civil rights. It gave many inspiration and an example of a bold move against segregation. Rosa Park's action also lead to the Montgomery Bus Boycott, which was a huge step to civil rights. The other sentences are true statements. Hope that helps :D Sixty years ago, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Ala. Her courageous act is now American legend. She is a staple of elementary school curricula and was the second Rosa Parks was not the first Black woman to refuse to give up her seat on a segregated bus, though her story attracted the most attention nationwide. Nine months before Parks, 15-year-old Claudette Colvin had refused to give up her bus seat, as had dozens of other Black women throughout the history of segregated public transit. 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 Dr. Theoharis is a professor of political science and the author of eleven books on the civil rights and Black Power movements including “The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks” and “The Rosa Parks’ contributions to the civil rights movement . By the time Parks famously refused to give up a seat on a segregated bus in 1955, she was a well-known figure in the struggle for racial It connects Rosa Parks’s actions to current social justice movements. Ideal for civil rights anniversaries, leadership conferences, and educational events. #3 A Legacy That Lives On. Honored guests and fellow citizens, today we celebrate the enduring legacy of Rosa Parks, a woman whose quiet strength changed America. Rosa Parks, 1955. Sources: Photograph of Rosa Parks taken in 1955 / National Archives and Records Administration Records of the U.S. Information Agency Record Group 306, record ID: 306-PSD-65-1882 (Box 93) / Wikimedia Commons / Rosa Parks: My Story , p. 116, Rosa Parks and James Haskins (1992) / Rosa Parks Wikiquote Rosa Parks Rosa Parks was a black woman, who played an important part in the American Civil Rights movement. She made changes to try to make life fair for black and white people in America. Early Life Rosa Parks was born on 4th February, 1913 and grew up on a farm with her mother, brother and grandparents in a place called Montgomery in the USA. Rosa Parks (Penguin, 2000). An excellent brief biography of Rosa Parks. Kohl, Herbert. She Would Not Be Moved: How We Tell the Story of Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott (New Press, 2005). Provides a critical study of the portrayal of Rosa Parks in school textbooks. Schwartz, Barry. Study with Quizlet and memorize flashcards containing terms like The Story Behind the Bus: What is most likely the author's reason for mentioning that Rosa Parks was "an active member of the local NAACP" in Paragraph 2?, The Story Behind the Bus: Which of the following choices best explains what caused the Montgomery Bus Boycott to end?, The Story Behind the Bus: What is the meaning of "I knew Rosa Parks' act of defiance is usually seen as a spontaneous act of rebellion, but it wasn't. Local civil rights leaders had long been planning to challenge a city ordinance requiring black passengers sit in the back of the bus, and if the white, front section of the bus was full, they had to give up their seats entirely. movement, the story of Rosa Parks that most of the general public knows has become a national fable. The goal of this text, the author explains, is to tell a fuller story of Mrs. Rosa Parks. Vocabulary • Whitewashed Key Concepts • Segregation • Desegregation • Integration Questions 1. What is the author’s view of Rosa Parks? How can This 50-year-old article shows how the myth of Rosa Parks was made. There’s a basic story that schoolchildren get told about Rosa Parks: She was an everyday woman who worked hard at her job Rosa Parks was established as an organizer and activist in Montgomery, Alabama long before her arrest in 1955 for refusing to relinquish her seat to a white man on a segregated city bus. In the popular narrative, however, she is a work-weary seamstress whose “tired feet” compelled her to break character and single-handedly launch the modern Rosa and Parks lost their jobs as well though they were not fired; Parks resigned when his bosses banned any speak of Rosa on the premises, and Rosa was let go when her shop was forced to shut down. Rosa was then able to put her efforts into helping the MIA to arrange a sophisticated transportation system for the black citizens, made up of cars
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