Rosa Parks: Early Life and Formative Years

The video discusses the importance of addressing homelessness and highlights how individuals can make a difference. It transitions to the story of Rosa Parks, detailing her early life, the challenges she faced due to segregation, and her significant impact on the civil rights movement. The video concludes with a review and quiz questions about Rosa Parks' life and the historical context of her actions.

What is the main message conveyed in the introduction about individual actions?

• One person cannot make a difference.

• Individual actions can lead to significant societal changes.

• Business owners have the most impact on society.

• Only elected officials can solve big problems.

Where was Rosa Parks born?

• Mobile, Alabama

• Birmingham, Alabama

• Tuskegee, Alabama

• Montgomery, Alabama

What was the primary fear of Rosa Parks' grandfather?

• Wild animals

• Economic hardship

• The Ku Klux Klan

• The police

What were Jim Crow laws designed to do?

• None of the above

• Provide freedom to all citizens

• Segregate African Americans and white people

• Promote racial equality

Why did Rosa Parks have to leave school?

• She was expelled for poor grades.

• She disliked her teachers.

• She needed to care for her sick family members.

• She wanted to travel the world.

What impact did the Montgomery Industrial School for Girls have on Rosa Parks?

• It had no significant impact on her life.

• It was a negative experience for her.

• It discouraged her from pursuing education.

• It taught her to set high goals and respect herself.

In what year was Rosa Parks born?

• 1913

• 1945

• 1899

• 1972