4. The Montgomery Bus Boycott (Rosa
Parks)
When was Rosa Parks born?- ✅✅Feb 4th, 1913
How is she honoured by the Congressional body of the US- ✅✅“the mother of the
freedom movement” and “the First Lady of civil rights”
What did she work as?- ✅✅A seamstress
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What year did she join the Montgomery wing of the NAACP and what did she say about
her role?- 1943, Secretary “I was the only woman there, and they needed a
secretary, I was too timid to say no”
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What was the name of the woman who refused to give up her seat before
Parks?- Claudette Colvin
How did Parks describe her determination to keep her seat on the bus?- ✅✅“like a
quilt on a winter night”
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What did she say about those who claim she refused to stand because she was
tired?- “The only tired I was, was tired of giving in”
What was she charged with?- ✅✅A violation of Chapter 6, Section 11 of Montgomery
segregation laws
How much was she fined by?- ✅✅$10 dollars and $4 court fee
Parks)
When was Rosa Parks born?- ✅✅Feb 4th, 1913
How is she honoured by the Congressional body of the US- ✅✅“the mother of the
freedom movement” and “the First Lady of civil rights”
What did she work as?- ✅✅A seamstress
✅✅
What year did she join the Montgomery wing of the NAACP and what did she say about
her role?- 1943, Secretary “I was the only woman there, and they needed a
secretary, I was too timid to say no”
✅✅
What was the name of the woman who refused to give up her seat before
Parks?- Claudette Colvin
How did Parks describe her determination to keep her seat on the bus?- ✅✅“like a
quilt on a winter night”
✅✅
What did she say about those who claim she refused to stand because she was
tired?- “The only tired I was, was tired of giving in”
What was she charged with?- ✅✅A violation of Chapter 6, Section 11 of Montgomery
segregation laws
How much was she fined by?- ✅✅$10 dollars and $4 court fee
