1. LIFETIME
1.1. February 4, 1913
1.2. October 24, 2005
2. WHAT DID SHE DID?
2.1. Parks became a hero of those fighting for equality for blacks
2.2. Little protest led to big change
2.2.1. “People always say that I didn’t give up my seat because I was tired,” wrote Parks in her autobiography, “but that isn’t true. I was not tired physically… No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in.”
2.3. Parks REFUSE to give up her seat to a white person.
2.3.1. WHAT HAPPENED AFTER?
2.3.1.1. She was arrested and found guilty of violating Jim Crow Laws.
2.3.1.2. Lawyers filed a court case challenging the fairness of segregating buses.
2.3.1.3. The U.S. Supreme Court decided that it was against the Constitution, and black people in Montgomery were allowed to sit in any bus seat.
2.3.1.4. That victory led to many other challenges to segregation laws in the United States.
3. Who was she?
3.1. Civil rights activist
3.2. African-American woman
3.3. Born in Tuskegee, Alabama, United States
3.4. "Mother of the Civil Rights Movement"
4. QUOTES
4.1. Each person must live their life as a model for others.
4.2. Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others.
5. ROOTS OF ACTIVISM
5.1. fraught with daily frustrations
5.2. Lived in a city governed by Jim Crow Laws
5.2.1. Blacks could attend only certain (inferior) schools.
5.2.2. Could drink only from specified water fountains.
5.2.3. Could borrow books only from the “black” library, among other restrictions.