Slideshow: Rosa Parks and the Civil Rights Movement

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The slideshow

This slideshow is part of our KS2 assembly framework about Rosa Parks.

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America in the 1950s… A land of great wealth…opportunity…freedom… But not for everyone. Because black people living in America at that time were often treated very differently to white people. In many parts of America they were kept apart - they were 'segregated'. Black people couldn’t go to the same schools as white people…
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Couldn't sit in the same cinemas as white people...
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Couldn’t drink from the same water fountains as white people…
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Couldn’t even sit in the same place on a bus as white people…
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Many people - both black and white - knew that segregation wasn’t fair and they protested about it…but little changed.
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Then, one day in 1955, a woman called Rosa Parks boarded a bus after work, in a city called Montgomery. What you’ll see now is an actress being Rosa, to tell us what happened on that extraordinary bus journey… (Scroll down to play the video)
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Rosa Parks was arrested for not giving up her seat on the bus - and charged with breaking the law.
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But people came to her support - first in Montgomery where she lived…and then all over America. Marches were organised to protest against segregation…marches that grew in to what became known as the Civil Rights Movement - a movement that demanded the same rights for all people.
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Rosa Parks became an important figurehead of that movement…because her simple act of defiance inspired others to take a stand against unfairness as well.
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The world is a very different place today…but there are still many things that are unfair. If you experience unfairness and wonder what to do, perhaps you - like many others - will remember the story of Rosa Parks and a famous bus journey made long ago…

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Video questions

What was the date of Rosa Parks' actions? (1st December 1955)
Where was Rosa Parks travelling? (She was returning home after work)
Where did Rosa Parks sit on the bus? (In the seats at the back allocated to black people)
What happened after Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat? (The driver asked her to move; then the police arrived and arrested her)
What does Rosa Parks say she was 'tired of'? (She says she was tired of 'giving in')

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