For this essay I chose to write about Rosa Parks. She is a great historical figure who will never be forgotten for her large contribution to the civil rights movement. Rosa Parks was born on February 4th, 1913. She had grown up in a house of civil rights activism and attended a segregated school, and saw discrimination with her own eyes as the only thing she ever saw. So when she ordered to the back of the bus, so a white man could sit, it wasn't all that hard to say No. On December 5th, 1955 Rosa Parks payed her fare and boarded the city bus to make her way home for the day. As the bus route continued and the bus filled the driver noticed a few white passengers standing, he then moved the "colored" sign back a few rows and demanded the black
