Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King og borgerrettighedsbevægelsen

Her Full name: Rosa Louise McCauley ParksBorn: the 4 of February 1913her Hometown: Tuskegee, Alabama, USAOccupation: Civil rights activistDied: 24. of October 2005she ist best known for the Montgomery Bus Boycott

Rosa Parks was often confronted with racial discrimination and violence.

She became active in the civil rights movement at a young age. Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white passenger on a segregated bus, which led to the Montgomery bus boycott.

The boycott started on December 1, 1955 at that time Rosa Parks was 42 years old.

She died in 2005 when she was 92 years old

Martin Luther King

Martin Luther King was born on January 15, 1929 in Atlanta.

He died in 1968, at the age of 39. Martin Luther King was shot and killed at a hotel balcony in Memphis.

Martin Luther King was an American Christian minister and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the Civil Right Movement

Martin Luther King led the Montgomery bus boycott.

He was the first president of the Christian Leadership.

The Freedom Rides.

Freedom Riders were groups of white and African American civil rights activists who tookpart in Freedom Rides bus trips through the American South in 1961 to protest against segregated bus terminals.