Rosa Parks playlist

In my 5th grade reading class, we read two wonderful books: Freedom Summer by Deborah Wiles and White Socks Only by Evelyn Coleman. After reading both of these books, we compared character's and theme's across texts. We noticed how segregation played an important part in both books, which then led us to read The Story of Ruby Bridges. From there, we catapulted off on this wonderful journey through segregation and analyzing a common theme of accepting others' differences. This playlist helped the students further understand diversity, segregation, and then "meet" Rosa Parks.

Playlist Items

Title	Packages	Type	Duration	Producer
Most offensive to African Americans was the segregation they endured on Alabama buses; Rosa Parks.		Video	50 sec
Passengers were in a state of disbelief when Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on an Alabama bus in 1955.		Video	23 sec
When Rosa Parks refused to leave her seat, she was arrested and taken to jail; she said it would not have helped her or other African Americans if she left her seat.		Video	44 sec
Neighbors and friends were shocked to hear that Rosa Parks had been arrested; many didn't see her inner desire to abolish segregation.		Video	52 sec
The arrest of Rosa Parks inspired a one-day bus boycott and a meeting of thousands of African Americans in Alabama.		Video	47 sec
In 1955, a vote was taken among African Americans to continue the bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama; Martin Luther King, Jr. and Rosa Parks paid a price.		Video	1 min 28 sec
After 381 days of the Montgomery bus boycott, the Supreme Court abolished segregation on buses.		Video	21 sec
Rosa Parks is passing on courage and dignity to a younger generation; she wants to be remembered as one who wants all people to be free.		Video	44 sec
In 1955, Rosa Parks is arrested for not giving up her seat on a bus; Martin Luther King, Jr. helps organize the Montgomery Bus Boycott, and Black Americans eventually get the right to sit anywhere on a bus.		Video	1 min 24 sec
During the Civil Rights Movement, Black Americans protest for equal rights, and Martin Luther King, Jr. preaches a message of nonviolence and the power of love.		Video	1 min 16 sec
Though Martin Luther King, Jr. is threatened numerous times, he does not stop protesting for equal rights.		Video	37 sec
The work of Martin Luther King, Jr. helps end segregation; King's message of nonviolence earns him the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964; King is assassinated in Memphis in 1968.		Video	2 min 3 sec
Audio excerpt of Martin Luther King, Jr. delivering his ''I Have a Dream'' speech.		Video	1 min 26 sec

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