Whatever my individual desires were to be free, I was not alone There were many others who felt the same way,” Rosa Parks once stated. She continued to fight for her rights even though that resulted in her being placed in jail. She managed to influence a lot of people because of her neverending desire to be free. She was part of a group named National Association for the Advancement of Colored People[NAACP] that group helped tie people together. Because she stood up for herself, influenced a lot of people, and participated in the NAACP.Rosa Parks was an important part to ending segregation.
Rosa Parks joined the NAACP in 1943. She became secretary until 1957. That allowed her to be the leader she is today. That group also allowed her to win many awards. Rosa Parks …show more content…
40,000 African Americans who participated in the boycott. They rented about 90 cars to drive people around to wherever they needed to be during the winter. They also had mass meetings on Mondays at 7:00 PM. The church which the meeting was located at was Holt Street Baptist Church.
As i mentioned earlier Rosa Parks trail was held on December 5, 1955. Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.; Rev. Ralph D. Abernathy; E. D. Nixon accompanied her. Also many more interested African Americans attended the trail too. Finally Judge B. Scott found Rosa Parks guilty for disorderly conduct. She was fined for 14 dollars.
People refer to Rosa Parks as “the first lady of civil rights”. They also call her “The mother of the freedom movement”. She has been called all of these names because of her influence on the end of segregation. Parks has won several awards for those reasons stated above. Rosa Parks sadly died on October 5, 2005 at the age of 92.
People were greatly mad that the black people were protesting in result the resistance bombed Martin Luther King Jr’s and Edgar Nixon’s house. That was not it, they also tryed many other ideas to try to end the boycott it did not work
Rosa Parks joined the NAACP in 1943. She became secretary until 1957. That allowed her to be the leader she is today. That group also allowed her to win many awards. Rosa Parks …show more content…
40,000 African Americans who participated in the boycott. They rented about 90 cars to drive people around to wherever they needed to be during the winter. They also had mass meetings on Mondays at 7:00 PM. The church which the meeting was located at was Holt Street Baptist Church.
As i mentioned earlier Rosa Parks trail was held on December 5, 1955. Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.; Rev. Ralph D. Abernathy; E. D. Nixon accompanied her. Also many more interested African Americans attended the trail too. Finally Judge B. Scott found Rosa Parks guilty for disorderly conduct. She was fined for 14 dollars.
People refer to Rosa Parks as “the first lady of civil rights”. They also call her “The mother of the freedom movement”. She has been called all of these names because of her influence on the end of segregation. Parks has won several awards for those reasons stated above. Rosa Parks sadly died on October 5, 2005 at the age of 92.
People were greatly mad that the black people were protesting in result the resistance bombed Martin Luther King Jr’s and Edgar Nixon’s house. That was not it, they also tryed many other ideas to try to end the boycott it did not work