Mrs. Baldwin
Rosa Parks-
Rosa Parks was a independent woman who stood up for herself, because of her viewpoint on what was right or wrong. She also stuck to this viewpoint, and didn’t let anyone change it. Rosa stood up for herself and others. No wonder she is a big game changer in equal rights! She was very courageous, independent, strong, and hardworking. This is all stated in this article, on how Rosa Parks was changed the world for the better.
Rosa Parks always stuck up for herself, and what she believed to be right. “Maybe the habit of protecting my little brother helped me learn to protect myself. I do know that I had a very strong sense of what was fair. That attitude got me into trouble sometimes.”(Haskins 22) Rosa …show more content…
You didn’t retaliate if they did something to you.” (Haskins 22) Rosa then came to understand later, that the scolding was because her grandmother was fearful of what would happen to Rosa if she kept to this attitude. This shows that the grandmother did not take Franklin's side in the matter, she was just trying to make Rosa understand that white folks were not to be messed with back then. This shows the viewpoint of African Americans, who were treated unfairly by others in the community.Rosa Parks was one of the many women who stand behind their their rights. “Famed civil rights activist Rosa Parks was born Rosa Louise McCauley on February 4, 1913, in Tuskegee, Alabama. Her refusal to surrender her seat to a white passenger on a public bus Montgomery, Alabama, spurred on a citywide boycott and helped launch nationwide efforts to end segregation of public facilities.”(A&E Network) Rosa’s stand for her rights as a citizen set a chain reaction in black rights. She was bold, and un-fearing of all the consequences that she would face from her stand against the laws of segregation.The time around this helps us understand, why her experience was very popular. Rosa’s experience spread like wild fire, and helped segregation laws being