By: Alexandria Lopez

The Civil Rights Movement

Timeline on the Civil Rights Movement

1948 – Truman signed an order that stated that all people in the armed services should be treated equally.

1954 – The supreme court rules on the land mark case.

1955- Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat on the bus.

1957 – Formerly all white central High School learns that integration is easier said than done.

1960 – Student nonviolent coordinating committee is founded at Shaw University.

1961 – Student Volunteers begin taking bus trips through the South.

• 1968 – Martin Luther King , at age 39 got shot as he stands on the balcony outside his hotel room.

• 1988 – President Reagan veto , congress passes The Civil Rights Restoration Act.

• 1991 – President George Bush reverses himself and signs the Civil Rights Act.

• 2006 - Coretta Scott King dies of a stroke.

• 2008 – Senator Edward Kennedy introduces the Civil rights act.

Rosa Parks Lifetime Born February 4 ,1913

Was homeschooled until she was eleven.

Went to Alabama state which was a teachers college for negroes for her secondary education .

Throughout her life , she had seen segregation between the white and black people .

In the public transportation system the buses were segregated .

Rosa parks had gotten arrested for not giving up her

seat.

•~ In August of 1994 Joseph Skipper broke in the apartment of Rosa Parks.

•~ He didn’t know that it was Rosa Parks living there , so he apologized of what he did and returned all the items he took.

•~ Spoke about her passion to people.

•~She became a major proponent of the Civil Rights Movement.

•~ She’s someone you can look up to.

•~ She never lost desire to see equality for all men and women.

Other Facts About Rosa Parks

1913 – 2005 Rosa Parks

The bus that the whites & blacks rode on

This is a picture of an equal sign representing that we should treat one another

This is a symbol of peace

This is the flag of the United States of America and we are all one nation

This is a poem on freedom .

Ways That We Should Respect Each Other

We should treat one another the way you would like to be treated.

No matter what color we are we all should respect each other the same.

We should include one another in activities that we do.

We should get to know people , before we start to judge them .

Do kind things for each other.