People always say disobedience is a bad thing. These people obviously have not heard of Henry David Thoreau. Civil disobedience is the refusal to comply with certain laws. For example, when one does not agree with certain aspects of society, he or she should not have to support these aspects using their hard-earned tax dollars. This is a form of protest. However well-meaning the protests are, these people still face opposition for standing up for their rights. Another form of civil disobedience occurs when individuals become exhausted with unfair treatment. In the heat of segregation in the south, there was one woman who set in motion a chain of events that altered the course of history. Rosa Parks disobeyed unjust laws, she was punished, and
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She lived a life full of strife, but was educated more than many African American women of her day. She was home schooled until she was eleven years old and then attended the Industrial School for Girls in Montgomery, where she took various vocational and academic courses. Rosa began laboratory school for her secondary education, but never completed it and was forced to drop out to care for her ailing grandmother.
On December evening in 1955 she quietly incited a revolution by sitting down. She sat in the fifth row which is the first row for colored people. The bus became full the driver ordered her and three others to move to the back. The others moved Rosa did not. After refusing to move and was arrested and fined ten dollars. The Chain of events triggered by the arrest changed the United States.
Rosa Parks outlived many contemporaries and made a massive impact in our world today. Four decades after refusing to give up her seat, she saw and end to legalized segregation. The emergence of black upper and middle class. People of color now enjoy unparalleled access to business and education opportunities. New forms of racism emerged in our culture. Mrs. Parks left behind a nation she
She lived a life full of strife, but was educated more than many African American women of her day. She was home schooled until she was eleven years old and then attended the Industrial School for Girls in Montgomery, where she took various vocational and academic courses. Rosa began laboratory school for her secondary education, but never completed it and was forced to drop out to care for her ailing grandmother.
On December evening in 1955 she quietly incited a revolution by sitting down. She sat in the fifth row which is the first row for colored people. The bus became full the driver ordered her and three others to move to the back. The others moved Rosa did not. After refusing to move and was arrested and fined ten dollars. The Chain of events triggered by the arrest changed the United States.
Rosa Parks outlived many contemporaries and made a massive impact in our world today. Four decades after refusing to give up her seat, she saw and end to legalized segregation. The emergence of black upper and middle class. People of color now enjoy unparalleled access to business and education opportunities. New forms of racism emerged in our culture. Mrs. Parks left behind a nation she