1. Rosa Parks GONNEAU Marie-Julie FAIT-DEWEERDT Méline April 2015

2. Born: 4 February 1913, Tuskegee, Alabama, U.S. Wedding: With Raymond Parks in 1932. Education: Montgemery industrial school for Girls. Job: Seamstress and Activist. Life: Tuskegee (Alabama), Detroit (Michigan) Death: 24 October 2005, Detroit, Michigan, U.S.

3. Day changed her life: 1 December 1955, Montgomery (Alabama). What happened on the bus ? : She didn’t give her seat to a white person. Why was this forbidden ? : Because of segregation. What happened to Rosa Parks ? : 15 Dollars of fine, prison. Black people decision : Boycott, campain of protestation for the bus.

4. The bus where Rosa Parks day changed her life. The digital prints to Rosa Parks when arrested. The police report to Rosa Parks when arrested.

5. Leader of the Boycott : Martin Luther King. Her reaction : - White and Black people could sit where they wanted - Drivers had to be polite with black people - Black drivers were employed Consequences of Boycott : Abolition of the segregation. Duration of the Boycott : 5 Dec 1955 – 21 Nov 1956 (381 days).

6. Nickname : The woman of the civil rights movements. Political group : N.A.A.C.P (National Associtaion for the Advancement of Colored People). The awards did she receive : - 1979, Prize of Spingarn - 1996, Prize of the Liberty - 1999, Prize of the Congress. Sing dedicated for Rosa Paks : - 1960 : If you miss me at the back of the Bus, Pete Singer. - 2010 : Soprano, Hiro.