Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks, born in Tuskegee, Alabama on February 4, 1913 in was raised in an era during which segregation was normal and black suppression was a way of life. She lived with relatives in Montgomery, where she finished high school in 1933 and continued her education at Alabama State College. She married her husband, Raymond Parks, a barber, in 1932. She worked as a clerk, an insurance salesperson, and a tailor’s assistant at a department store. She was also employed as a seamstress by white residents of Montgomery who were supporters of black Americans’ struggle for freedom and equal rights. Parks became active in civil rights work in the 1930’s. In 1943 Rosa became one of the first women to join the Montgomery National Association for Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Between 1943 and 1956 she served as a secretary for the group and later as an advisor to the NAACP Youth Council. She also contributed to the Montgomery Voters League to increase black voter registration. During the summer of 1955 Rosa accepted a scholarship given to community leaders which gave her a chance to work on school integration at the Highlander Folk School in Tennessee. This was an excellent opportunity for her because she was able to experience racial harmony which nurtured her activism. Obviously Rosa, like many others, dedicated many years of her life trying to increase equality for black Americans. Though these efforts did not go unnoticed or fail in making any progress, it wasn’t until Dec. 1 of 1955 that Rosa made a decision that would later make her known as the “Mother of the Civil Rights Movement”. On this significant day Rosa simply refused to give up her seat on the bus to a white man who was standing. Though i...
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... it was the way in which she did it. She didn’t argue, she didn’t yell or threaten anyone. She did not make a scene. She protested in a peaceful way, and it’s great to know that even if young people are not taught the details of her life they can admire her and realize that violence and hatred are not needed for things to change. On Dec. 1 of 1955 Rosa simply remained seated, and by doing so took a stand, one that has made her one of the most honorable figures in US history.
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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
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Rosa Parks was a very important woman in history, giving people a voice about racism. Rosa was an African American woman who was told move from the back of the bus and give her seat to a white man. “She was already sitting in the “negro” section located in the back of the bus and refused to relinquish her seat” (Stabler 1). This event causes a major controversy with the 20th century civil rights movement in the 1950-1960s. The 1965 action of Rosa Parks sparked the deceleration from the Supreme ...
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“You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.”- Rosa Parks, we are taught from inspirations, our parents, leaders, teachers, and etc that we should stand up for what we believe in, that there is no wrong in speaking up for yourself. Peaceful resistance to laws impacts our free society greatly and positively. It teaches us that we have voice and that we are using our right. In the 1st amendment it says that we have the right to freedom of speech, press, assembly, religion, and protest. We have the right to share what we believe, Civil Activist Rosa Parks has shown us what power peaceful resistance has.” On Dec. 1, 1955, Parks boarded a bus in Montgomery, Ala., in routine fashion, but her ride home from work changed the
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On December 1 1955 Rosa was riding the Montgomery Bus when the bus grew crowded and she was asked to give her seat up to a white passenger. Knowing she was had taken her seat right behind the white section, she didn't budge. The bus driver then called the police and she was arrested and fined.”The only tired I was, was tired of giving in”(Parks). Her nonviolent act caused a boycott that involved Martin Luther King JR. that lasted over a year hoping to change the rules. After 381 days the Supreme Court announced that the Montgomery bus law was unconstitutional (Parks). Rosa was very low-key but an important part of history today famously being known as the “mother’ of civil rights. She received some awards for standing up for the unfair rules; such as the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1996 and the Congressional Gold Medal in 1999 (Rosa). She continues to affect society by fighting for equal rights regarding someone's race on public buses and facilities and motivated other colored people to fight
Rosa Parks is famous for a lot of things. But, she is best known for her civil rights action. This happen in December 1,1955 Montgomery, Alabama bus system. She refused to give up her sit to a white passenger on the bus. She was arrested for violating a law that whites and blacks sit in separate sit in separate rows.
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