The power of an individual can be powerful, it depends on how determined they are to change something they don't like. Like Rosa Park she wanted to sit in the seat where she sat first. She was on the city bus after a long tired day at work. At the Montgomery, Alabama department store.
Rosa Parks sat down in a seat that was marked for “colored” riders there was no white person wanting that seat. Normally African Americans would have to give up their seat if a white person wanted it. Rosa was never the one to break the law until one day she got tired of the nonsense. When the bus driver told everyone to move back she did not however move back, then the bus driver stopped the bus and proceeded to yell at her to move. Rosa still did not move.
Rosa Parks was a African American woman who sat in the front of the bus after a long hard day at work. As she traveled on the bus back home, a Caucasian male approached and asked her to get up from her seat to go to the back of the bus because he wanted to sit there. Instead of avoiding the trouble and just going to the back of the bus, she decided to stay where she was . Due to the time period, because of her not giving her seat up to the gentlemen, she was arrested and charged with civil disobedience. After her arrest was made a boycott would ensue
Rosa Louise McCauley Parks historically known as Rosa Parks, was born February 4,1913 in Tuskegee, Alabama and past away from natural causes at age 92, on October 24,2005 in Detroit, Michigan. Parks lived with her mother Leona McCauley and her father James McCauley. Ater on in 115 her brother was born Sylvester Parks her only sibling.Both of park’s parents worked, her mother was employed as a teacher and her father was employed as a carpenter . Some time later after Parks’s brother was born her mother and father separated. Once the separation was final, Parks moved with her mother to Pine Level, Alabama while her brother and father moved to Montgomery, Alabama. parks was homeschooled by her mother until age 11 and attended Industrial
On December 1st, 1955, Rosa had started the Montgomery Bus Boycott. On that day, she was asked to moved to the back of a Alabama bus for a white citizen to sit down. She refused. Little do people know, twelve years earlier, blacks were allowed to pay at the front of the bus but were not allowed to walk past whites to get to their segregated section. So, they were required to get off the bus and re-enter through the back entrance. So one rainy day, the driver allowed Parks to walk past to get to a seat, purposely sitting in a white citizens, acting as if she was picking up her purse. Then making the driver so angry he forced Parks to get off and walk 5 miles home in the rain. “I’d see the bus pass every day. But to me, that was a way of life; we had no choice but to accept what was the custom. The bus was among the first
Rosa Parks was a member of the NAACP, lived in Montgomery Alabama, and rode the public bus system. In the south, during this time the buses were segregated which meant that black people had to ride in the back of the bus behind a painted line. White people entered the front of the bus and were compelled to sit in front of the painted line. Most buses at the time had more room for white riders who used the service less than the black ridership. Yet, they could not cross the line even if the seats in the front were empty (Brown-Rose, 2008). Rosa Parks made a bold statement when she sat in the “white section” of a Montgomery bus. She was asked to surrender her seat to a white man, but she did not move and was soon arrested. Her brave action started the Montgomery bus Boycott, with the help of the NAACP, none other than Dr. Martin Luther King’s leadership as part of the Montgomery Improvement Association. As its President, he was able spread the word quickly which brought national attention to the small town of Montgomery’s bus Boycott. The boycott was televised and brought so much attention that the United States Supreme Court ruled that segregation on public transportation was unconstitutional; a success spurring a more
Did you know when Rosa Parks got arrested for not giving up her seat she was sitting in the African American section? Rosa Parks was a civil rights activist that worked with the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) to change African American rights. She was born on February 4th, 1913 in Tuskegee, Alabama. She went to college at the Alabama State Teachers College. After her college education, she became the secretary of the Montgomery branch of the NAACP. “She trained in nonviolent methods of social activism and was therefore well prepared for her historic role” (Matthews). The actions of Rosa Parks were important as they would change the course of African American history.
Rosa became tired of waiting for the world to change on its own, or was afraid that it will never change, so she revolted against the unfair prejudice laws and has successfully made African-Americans equal and inspired many to stand up for justice. When faced with a situation where wrong and hurtful things are being done, people should follow Rosa Park’s remarkable example and not be afraid to say or do something to stop them from happening, no matter who they are. Rosa Parks has shown marvelously, anyone can be a hero. Rosa Parks now stand for symbol of fight for equal rights and freedom.
Rosa Parks, was a Civil Rights activist who was best known for the incident on the Montgomery bus. Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat for a white male who demanded she seat herself in the ‘appropriate colored’ space located at the back of the bus for black men and women. Her defiance to the law that day became known to the world.
Rosa Parks is an amazing example of standing up for the cause. She knew she was supposed to hand over her seat to a white man. She knew that the aftermath of such an act at that time was punishable by jail time. And she did it anyway, for the dream of equal rights to all, no matter the race, color, religion, age, gender etc.
She went and took a seat in the colored section, but the bus got crowded fast. It was so crowded that a white person had to stand. The bus driver told the blacks in the row closest to the white section to move because a black and white can not sit in the same row. Rosa was sitting in this row. The other three people got up and moved, but Rosa stayed put. The bus driver told her to get up, but she did not, Instead she said, “I don’t think I should have to stand up.” He threatened to call the police. Rosa stayed put, and said, “You may do that.”. He finally called the police and Rosa was taken away. She was taken to the police station, then was sent to jail. Rosa Parks got out jail on a bail. Her bail was $100. Four days after Rosa got out of jail she went to court. “People always say that I didn’t give up my seat because I was tired, but that isn’t true. I was not tired physically, or no more tired than I usually was at the end of a working day. I was not old, although some people have an image of me as being old then. I was forty-two. No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in.” Rosa knew that by not doing anything, the whites would gain more power and the blacks would gain less, so she decided to do something about
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.
By not giving up her seat to a white man, Rosa Parks has started the cause of the civil rights movement in the United States. This helps all African Americans get rights in America. Rosa Parks saw racial discrimination in her early life. Also, she saw African Americans as not equal. She influenced the change of African American rights, which helped develop the Civil Rights Movement. Rosa Parks helped influenced society, when she said no to a white male for her seat. The boycott of African American rights started after Rosa Parks did not give up her seat. Rosa Parks did not know she was going to influence society, nor did she know she was going to get arrested by doing this. Rosa Parks influence has helped change society and also is still a great example to others today.
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.
First of all, Rosa was a very brave woman for refusing to give up her seat to a white man. On www.history.com it states that “ Forty two year old seamstress, Rosa Parks, was on the bus on her way home from work when she was asked to leave her seat for a white man. She refused to move, and she was arrested.” At the time, the law stated that African Americans were only allowed to sit in the caboose of the bus. The law also stated African Americans must give up their seats in the back to Caucasians if there
Rosa Parks is so kind to everyone but when she was on that bus she had the right to be sitting. She should not of had
African Americans were forced to sit in designated spots on the buses and trains because whites felt they were more superior than blacks, “The law required African Americans to sit in the back of city buses and to give up their seats to whites should the white section of the bus become full.” (Batten,”Civil”). African Americans would begin sitting the first class section of the bus, but then would be ordered to move to the back when a white wanted a seat there. Some African Americans would refuse to move. As a result police were called to remove them by dogs and the person would then be arrested. Rosa Parks was an influential woman to African Americans during the time of boycotting. Rosa Parks entered a bus one day and sat in the first class section with full intentions of not moving until her time to get off came, “American woman, was arrested after she refused to give up her seat to a white man on a Montgomery, Alabama, bus.” (Batten,”Civil”). A white got on and the bus and ordered her to move and she insisted on staying in the seat she was in and there was no reason for her to move. Rosa was removed by police and given consequences shortly after. After Rosa Parks attempted to stay on the bus, many African Americans followed Rosa’s footsteps. Many African Americans boycotted in an attempt to desegregate buses. African Americans would try to do the same as Rosa and