Rosa Park’s Heroism Still Inspires

Rosa Parks

Civil Right’s Movement

• 1960s movement to establish the civil rights and equality of African Americans in the United States. (1955-1968)

1950s Jim Crow System

• Racial segregation: public facilities, government services, education

• Disfranchisement: unable to vote • Employment discrimination • Violence: individual, police, organizational,

mass racial violence

Aims of the Civil Rights Movement

• Freedom from oppression• Respect • Dignity• Economic and social equality

Martin Luther KingWhat was his dream?

Demanding Decent Housing, Decent Pay

Freedom Riders 1961

Police Brutality

Trying to end segregation in schools

Rosa Parks and Montgomery Bus Boycott, 1955-1956

Achievements • Civil Rights Act of 1964: banned discrimination based

on “race, color, religion, or national origin” in employment practices and public accomodations

• Voting Rights Act of 1965: restored, protected voting rights

• Immigration and Nationality Services Act of 1965: opened entry to the U.S. to immigrants other than traditional European groups.

• Fair Housing Act of 1968: banned discrimination in the sale or rental of housing

Inequality

• Can you think of examples of inequality in your community, city, school, or country?