Was Rosa Parks Justified In Her Actions

Rosa Parks was justified in her actions because she stood up for human rights. What she did back then was illegal because African American did not have equal rights as Caucasians, so they were treated better than blacks. Rosa was standing up for what was right, that what made her actions justified.
The use of nonviolent opposition of government laws and actions that discriminate against a group of people. Civil disobedience is the use of boycotting protesting rejection or not following laws or policies that are not fair and do not include all people. According to dictionary.com, civil disobedience is the refusal to obey certain laws or governmental demands for the purpose of influencing legislation or government policy, characterized by the employment of such nonviolent techniques as boycotting, picketing, and nonpayment of taxes. It is appropriate to break the law or defy ones government because if you believe that the law is not equal for all people, then you should fight for what’s right. For example in the first Amendment of the American constitution is states that "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances". …show more content…
Her parents name are James and Leona McCauley, her father was a carpenter and her mother was a teacher. She has a brother named Sylvester McCauley who was born in 1915. Rosa dropped out of school at the age of 16 so she could take care of her dying grandmother then shortly after that she had to take care of her ill mother. She married at age 19 to Raymond Parks, self-educated man, who was a long time member of the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People), and was a successful barber. A year later she finally earned her high school