The Similarities Between Viola Desmond And Rosa Parks

Viola Desmond and Rosa Parks are very much alike for a number of reasons, however, they do have their differences. I will be comparing their stories, the result of their acts and how they influence/affected others. Both Rosa Parks & Viola Desmond had very inspiring stories, as they had done similar things and show great courage and determination.
Viola Desmond and Rosa Parks were two everyday people living through a time of racial segregation until both had decided to stand up for themselves. Viola Desmond wanted to see a movie at the cinema in (place) while waiting for her car to be repaired after it had broken down. As was well that night, she purchased a ticket and was ready to enjoy her movie, until a staff member notified her she was not

Rosa Parks’s story is very similar to Viola’s in the fact that both of them had taken a stand to racial segregation by taking a seat. For Rosa it all too similar to what happened to Viola as she had set in a seat which black people were not allowed to sit in, when she did this they asked her to move to where she was supposed to sit(at the back of the bus) but she refused and was arrested. Rosa Parks & Viola Desmond both did similar actions, however, what they received for doing this was very different once racial segregation was no longer socially acceptable was much

When talking about the history of racial segregation and people who fought against it most people would think of Martin Luther King Jr, Rosa Parks, Harriet Tubman, Etc. On The other hand, most people didn't even know of Viola Desmond until recently. The reason that her story has is becoming much more well-known is because in 2010 she was pardoned of her charges by Nova Scotia Lieutenant-Governor Mayann Francis. Very recently her name had been in the news because she had been chosen to be the very first woman to be the face of a bill, more specifically she was going to be the face of the $10 bill.
Rosa Park’s was not put on the face of any bill, but she had been given many other things. Rosa Parks received national recognition, including the NAACP's 1979 Spingarn Medal, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Congressional Gold Medal, and a posthumous statue in the United States Capitol's National Statuary Hall. As previously mentioned what they did and how it affected them, but i haven't mentioned the impact they had on other people. Rosa Parks & Viola Desmond did the same thing but the effects they had on other was rather