Influential Person Narrative

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Imagine if you could travel back in time and meet an influential person. Well, I was very lucky to experience this. This story will tell you this extraordinary event. One day, I was walking around town and entered a grocery store. I was in line to buy some chips while a "black" person named Jones was paying. Jones bought two bags of carrots and paid eight dollars, the cashier told him if he wasn't "black" he would only have to pay four dollars. Jones said, "I don't want to pay eight dollars for carrots while white people have to pay four dollars." The cashier said, "If you don't want to pay that much then leave." "Fine, if I starve it is your fault", said Jones. Once I exited the store, I started thinking about how people treat different …show more content…

The famous one?" She said, "You know her?" "You don't,"I said. After I said that, I remembered Rosa wasn't worldwide known yet.I then heard the bus driver, James F. Blake, called the police. About five minutes later, the police came and escorted Rosa to jail. Everyone on the bus thought this was shocking. We all respected that she was brave and fought for her rights. After I got off the bus and returned home, I started pondering about the bus incident. I decided that I would go see Rosa and tell her that I admired her bravery. When I got to the jail, I asked if I could see Rosa. The white people are sawn privately, but black people could be visited by all. I walked by her cell and started talking. I said, "Hello, what you did today was incredible!" Rosa then said, "Thank you, I was just very tired of not having equality." "Well all of us on the bus were very impressed that you stood up for equal rights," I said. Rosa responded, "Somebody would have to do it eventually, so I thought I should do it

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