The Heroic Role Of Rosa Parks

“The journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step” and Rosa Parks, an African- American civil rights activist, took that one single step that would change the course of history of her people for generations to come. Set at the background of rampant discrimination Rosa Parks stood as an inspiration for Black people, particularly women. .This research paper throws light on the heroic role of Rosa Parks in fighting against the civil rights of Blacks in African- American society. It also explores the early life, education, professional life and her role as an activist in civil rights struggle with special reference to famous incidents like Montgomery bus boycott, her arrest for violating the segregation of rules etc. The paper mainly highlights Rosa Park’s personality, through which one gets to know her nature, her non violent attitude and how she has become a role model for many women. She shall …show more content…
I was not tired physically, or no more tired than I usually was at the end of a working day. I was not old, although some people have an image of me as being old then. I was forty-two. No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in.” When Parks refused to give up her seat, a police officer arrested her. As the officer took her away, she recalled that she asked, "Why do you push us around?" She remembered him saying, "I don't know, but the law's the law, and you're under arrest." She later said, "I only knew that, as I was being arrested, that it was the very last time that I would ever ride in humiliation of this kind..."(Parks, print). Despite all her courage and glory, Parks faced a lot of