Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott
“On a cold December evening in 1955, Rosa Parks quietly incited a revolution by just sitting down” (Rosa Parks). Rosa Parks was 42 years old when she decided she was done putting up with what people told her to do. She suffered being arrested for fighting for what she wanted. Rosa Park’s obstinacy and the Bus Boycott were some acts that affected the Civil Rights Movement. Other effects of the Civil Rights Movement were the way African American were treated and how it changed America as a whole.
During this time period, Rosa Parks was known as “The Mother of the Civil Rights Movement”. Rosa Parks died on October 25, 2005 at age 92. Rosa parks felt that everyone should be free and everyone should have the same rights. Rosa Parks was able to read when she was little because she was born 50 years after slavery, in 1913. Her mother taught her to read when she was very little because she was a teacher (Interview with Rosa Parks). The school she went to was very strict about the way things were done. For example:
“The first school I attended was a small building that went from first to sixth grade. There was one teacher for all of the students. There could be anywhere from 50 to 60 students of all different ages. From 5 or 6 years old to in their teens. We went to school five months out of the year. The rest of the time young people would be available to work on the farm. The parents had to buy whatever the student used. Often, if your family couldn't afford it, you had no access to books, pencils, whatever. However, often the children would share” (Interview with Parks).
Rosa Parks first went to the Industrial School for girls when she was little, then went to Alabama State Teachers Colleg...
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... black people, but laws say everyone is to be treated equal. The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a main point in the Civil Rights Movement. The Civil Rights Movement and the Montgomery Boycott changed the way people are today. The before and after life of African Americans and even whites, is a huge difference.
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Rosa Parks was a black American who it has been said, started the black civil rights movement. Rosa Parks was fro Montgomery, and in Montgomery they had a local low that black people were only allowed to sit in a few seats on the public buses and if a white person wanted their set, they would have to give it up. On one bus journey Parks was asked to move for a white person, she refused and the police were call and she was arrested and convicted of breaking the bus laws.
Life - Rosa Parks was born only a month before world war one started in Europe on February 4, 1913. Parks mother worked as a school teacher in Tuskegee, Alabama. James McCauley, Rosa's dad was a carpenter. They lived in Tuskegee and owned farmland of their own. After Sylvester was born, Rosa's little brother, her father left them and went off to live in another town. He had been cheated out of his farmland by a white man and couldn't support the family any longer. Rosa her mother and her brother then moved to live with her grandparents on a farm in Pinelevel, which lay between Tuskegee and Montgomery, Alabama. It was a small plot of land, but it kept them all fed. From this point on Rosa was mainly brought up by her Grandparents with the assistance of her mother. Rosa gave up school when she came close to graduating, around the same time Rosa got married. Raymond Parks married Rosa McCauley December 18, 1932. He was a barber from Wedowee County, Alabama. He had little formal education but a thirst for knowledge. Her husband, Raymond Parks, encouraged her to finish her courses. In 1934 she received her diploma from Alabama State College. She was happy that she completed her education but had little hope of getting a better job. When Rosa had finished school she was lucky enough to get a job as a seamstress in a local sewing factory. Prior to the bus incident Rosa was still fighting. She had run-ins with bus drivers and was evicted from buses. Parks recalls the humiliation: "I didn't want to pay my fare and then go around the back door, because many times, even if you did that, you might not get on the bus at all. They'd probably shut the door, drive off, and leave you standing there."
King's leadership and motivation inspired the black community to unite and work as one to overcome the bus segregation laws in an active but non-violent resistance to evil. The boycott saw the rise of King as a civil rights leader and as a representative of the modern civil rights movement. In addition, there were other very important outcomes of the boycott such as, the Browder V. Gayle Supreme Court ruling that proved that the bus segregation ordinance was unconstitutional. Other significant results of the boycott were that it challenged and invalidated many of the Jim Crow laws and that it inspired many other successful boycotts in Southern States. As a result, I believe there were many significant results of the boycott. However, I feel I must agree that Martin Luther King was the most significant and by David Walker, coming up with his four articles my attention towards the Montgomery bus boycott has been drawn in more learning new things and how they connect in ways I never would have
“The only tired I was,was tired of giving in”. Those words were spoken by the mother of The Civil Rights Movement,Rosa Parks,who was arrested for defying segregation laws.Which called for blacks and whites to attend different schools,drink from separate water fountains,and sit in partitioned sections of the bus.Rosa Parks was honored as the Mother of the Civil Rights Movement because she was apart of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People(NAACP),she stood up for what was right,and she was a big part of the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
In “The Role of Law in the Civil Rights Movement: The Montgomery Bus Boycott, 1955-1957,” author Robert Jerome Glennon discusses how historians have neglected to see the impact the legal system has had on the civil rights movement, particularly the Montgomery bus boycott. Outwardly, many have assumed that the bus integration that later transpired was the result of the boycott which began after Rosa Parks’ arrest in Montgomery, Alabama on December 1, 1955. However, in actuality, the success of the Montgomery bus integration was largely attained due to the work of litigation, specifically the Browder v. Gayle case.
Parks was born Rosa Louise McCauley on February 4, 1913, in Tuskegee, Alabama. Her parents, James and Leona McCauley, separated when she was just two years old. Rosa’s mother moved Rosa and her brother, Sylvester, to Pine Level, Alabama to live with her parents, Rose and Sylvester Edwards. Her grandparents were both former slaves and strong advocates for racial equality. Rosa Parks’ childhood was full of experiences with racial discrimination. Parks learned to be resilient at an early age. At a young age, she was taught to read by her mother, and attended a segregated, one room school in Pine Level, that had grades first through sixth. The schools for African-Americans were not as privileged as the white schools. The school supplies for
“Rosa Parks was small as a child and suffered poor health with chronic tonsillitis. Her parents separated when she was young, so her and her mother moved to Pine Level which is right outside the capital of Montgomery. There she grew up with her grandparents and her mom on a farm” (Matthews). “She experienced a lot of racial discrimination on the farm like the time her grandpa stood on their front porch with a shotgun while the Klu Klux Klan marched down their street” (Wikipedia). “Also Rosa Parks and her family were members of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, an old independent black denomination founded by free blacks in Philadelphia in the early 19th century. Parks attended Alabama State Teachers College for Negroes for secondary education, but she then dropped out to take care of her mother and grandmother when they became ill. She married Raymond Parks in 1932; both of them were active in civic affairs. Earning her living as a seamstress, she served as the secretary of the Montgomery branch of the NAACP” (Matthews).
Rosa Parks was an African American woman born in Tuskegee, Alabama February 4 1913. She grew up in Montgomery which is in the southern United States in Alabama. Alabama is one of the states with large African-American population. Her full name was Rosa Louise McCauley and her parents’ names were Leona and James McCauley. Leona, Rosa’s mother, was a teacher and James, her father, was a carpenter. She also had a younger brother named Sylvester. However Rosa’s parents separated while she was still young and she, her mother and brother went to live on her grandparent’s farm in the nearby town of Pine Level. Rosa attended the local school for African-American children where her mother was a teacher. Park’s family really valued education, in addition to her mother being a teacher, the family believed in freed...
Throughout the African American civil rights movement opportunities were sought to spark a chance at improving conditions in the south. Rosa Parks refusing to give up her seat on the Montgomery, Alabama bus was the fire to that spark. Rosa, standing up for herself something anyone person in today’s world would do, was arrested and put in jail. While Rosa was in jail she caught the eye of many people in the Civil Rights Movement, including the leaders. The Civil Rights leaders protested her arrest and hired lawyers to aid her in her trial. Although she was found guilty and was fined fourteen dollars for the cost of the court case, which lasted on thirty minutes, she wasn’t done yet. Rosa Parks has affected the society we live in today in many ways, she is the most influential person the black community has ever seen.
Rosa Parks was an African-American women who was tired of being treated differently just because of her skin color. She was a very kind woman who fought against all the laws and segregation. Rosa was born in 1913 in Tuskegee, Alabama and died in 2005 in Detroit, Michigan (RM, plc. "Rosa (Louise McCauley) Parks"4). She did something that broke the law at the time but it changed this place and its keeps being an impact to everyone now in present days (Armentrout, DavidArmentrout, Patricia. "ALABAMA: Rosa Parks."1 ). She was on a Boycott bus on December 1, 1955 when the bus filled up and the African-Americans were supposed to give their seat up to the Americans but Rosa didn’t (Badertscher 1). She was 42 at this time so she knew what she was doing and she decided to do it anyways ("Rosa Parks"1). When she refused to give her seat up they ended up taking her to jail because she was breaking a law at the moment (Badertscher 7). She went to jail for something unfair, she was tired of getting no respect and treated like if she nobody or nothing in this world.
The people I hold dear to my heart today are those of a race that this country’s society hated many decades ago. I am a firm believer of equality amongst everyone, but unfortunately, many of the white society back in the mid 20th century did not partake in my views. For instance, after the Civil War had ended white politicians in America placed a series of laws against black people into affect called the Jim Crow Laws. Martin Luther King Jr. stepped in and tried as hard as he could to help black equality with the public bus situation. The question at hand is what role did Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. play in the Montgomery Bus Boycott? Dr. King fought for civil equality dealing with the segregation of public buses by defying the Jim Crow Laws, helped create the Montgomery Bus Boycott, and created motivation for black people to oppress white ruling in the south in the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
Rosa parks mother saved up for her to go to school, But she ended up not going because she had to take care of her mother and grandfather. She started at a young age getting involved with the civil rights meaning she was suffering from this when she was also young. Even though rosa parks replied with the simple word “no”, her act of encouragement will stay in history forever for inspiring the civil rights movement.
After She finished elementary school she attended Montgomery Industrial School for girls. Then she went to Alabama State Teacher's College to try and get her high school diploma. Unfortunately, she didn't finish because her mother became sick. So, Rosa left school to take care of her. That's when Rosa met Raymond Parks. They got married a year later. She worked multiple part time jobs so she could finally get high school diploma. During this time, the city Montgomery was segregated. That means Black and white people went to different schools, churches, and sat in different spots on the bus. December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks didn't obey the bus driver to give up her seat to a white guy. And since she didn't obey Rosa was
Ever since Rosa Parks was a child, she faced experiences with racial discrimination and activism for racial equality. Rosa’s parents divorced when she was 2 years old. Rosa's mother moved the family to Pine Level, Alabama to live with her parents, Rose and Sylvester Edwards. Both of Rosa’s grandparents were former slaves and strong supporters for racial equality. Rosa lived on the Edwards' farm with her family, where she would spend her youth. In one scenario, Rosa's grandfather stood in front of their house with a shotgun while Ku Klux Klan members marched down the street. Rosa’s mother was a teacher, and the family valued education. Rosa was taught to read by her mother at a young age. She went on to attend a segregated, one-room school in
During the Civil Rights movement of the 1950's and 60's, women played an undeniably significant role in forging the path against discrimination and oppression. Rosa Parks and Jo Ann Robinson were individual women whose efforts deserve recognition for instigating and coordinating the Montgomery Bus Boycotts of 1955 that would lay precedent for years to come that all people deserved equal treatment despite the color of their skin. The WPC, NAACP, and the Montgomery Churches provided the channels to organize the black public into a group that could not be ignored as well supported the black community throughout the difficult time of the boycott.