On a winter evening in December, one of the most significant moments in American civil rights history took place. A 42-year-old seamstress boarded a segregated bus and sat in the middle of the bus. After a few stops, whites arrived and the bus driver demanded the seamstress to stand so the white people may sit. Three other African-Americans were asked to the same and reluctantly they agreed. The seamstress, however, refused (Rosa). This seamstress was Rosa Parks. With this act of defiance, Rosa Parks stood up for not only herself but for blacks everywhere. If Parks had let fear consume her and changed seats for a white person she would not have become a legend and a symbol of the power of peaceful rebellion that she is today. Rosa Parks revolutionized this movement helping to further prove that in certain cases rebellion is the best way to prove the errors in a
On a winter evening in December, one of the most significant moments in American civil rights history took place. A 42-year-old seamstress boarded a segregated bus and sat in the middle of the bus. After a few stops, whites arrived and the bus driver demanded the seamstress to stand so the white people may sit. Three other African-Americans were asked to the same and reluctantly they agreed. The seamstress, however, refused (Rosa). This seamstress was Rosa Parks. With this act of defiance, Rosa Parks stood up for not only herself but for blacks everywhere. If Parks had let fear consume her and changed seats for a white person she would not have become a legend and a symbol of the power of peaceful rebellion that she is today. Rosa Parks revolutionized this movement helping to further prove that in certain cases rebellion is the best way to prove the errors in a