Was Rosa Parks Responsible For The Civil Rights Movement

“Rosa was black. Back then, the buses were segregated in Rosa’s city. Black people weren't allowed to sit in the front of the bus. They could sit only in the middle or the back. And bus drivers could make black passengers move so that white people could sit down. It was unfair, but it was the law” (Source C). But one day Rosa Parks had enough, and because of this action she became a brave, inspiring, and strong person. “Rosa Parks was best known for her act of civil disobedience in December of 1955 when she refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama” (Source A). This shows how really brave she was, despite how she knew some of her consequences. For example arrest for disrespecting a white man. How many bad things would be said about her and her family. But despite everything that was going on in her mind at the time. Rosa Parks still followed through and thought enough is enough, and stood up for her rights. …show more content…
“Sparking the Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s and 1960s, Rosa Parks was regarded as a hero and spent the whole of her life as a face of the movement” (Source A). But Rosa Parks did not do this for the fame, she did it for the simple fact, it’s what she believed in. “As Parks became regarded as an important, inspirational figure in the Civil Rights Movement, she used her position to raise funds for the NAACP and continue to push for greater racial equality”(Source A). It’s inspiring how she used her own money to support her beliefs and her race. "She sat down in order that we might stand up. Paradoxically, her imprisonment opened the doors for our long journey to freedom"(Source A