Rosa Parks, a civil rights activist, takes a stand when she refused to give her seat up to a white passenger. Immediately after the incident occurred, the city of Alabama lifted the law for segregation on city buses as well. The Montgomery city code declared that the bus drivers were like “police officers” as long as they were driving the bus. This means they have the right to keep colored and whites segregated.As the first lady of civil rights she is known as the “Mother of Freedom”. Some people don’t agree she is the “Mother of Freedom”, But many people think she is because of one of her many quotes. Parks said “ I have learned over the years that when one’s mind is made up, this diminishes fear; Knowing what must be done does away with fear."
