Rosa Parks

began the civil rights movement. Although Rosa Parks is remembered as the woman who refused to give her seat to a white man, she played a small role in this larger movement. The movement involved peoples such as African Americans, organizations, and even whites as well. Without the unity of African Americans and the group of white males and females who supported this movement, the rights that we have today would have never existed. Although Rosa Parks became a symbol of the movement, the…

Rosa Parks had to go through many challenges growing up as an African American, just like Martin Luther King, she was an activist. She was mostly known for staying in her seat when the bus driver told her to give it up to a white man. Rosa’s story relates to mine in many ways. Her courage and determination helps me to find the courage in myself. Rosa Parks was treated unfairly because she was African-American. She was an activist against segregation for African-americans. Her first act that…

row gave up their seat to the white people but Rosa Parks refused. The bus driver asked her, “Why don’t you stand up?” and she replied, “I don’t think I should have to stand up.” (A&E Television Networks 1) The driver called the police and had her arrested. By standing up for what she believed in Parks can be connected to how the jews did during the Holocaust. Although many people back then did not want anything to do with blacks, I think that Parks not giving up her seat was a brave act to do…

Rosa Parks was an African American woman born on February 4th, 1913. She was a seamstress, and worked with the NAACP to help segregated African Americans in the south (“Rosa Parks - Pioneer of Civil Rights”). One day, Parks boarded a Montgomery, Alabama bus. When a white passenger asked Rosa for her seat, she declined. Her disobedience led to her arrest, but it also led to a citywide boycott and a nationwide movement to kill segregation (“Rosa Parks Biography”). The simple…

Dream. From the moment Rosa Parks sat defiantly in her seat; from the moment she refused to give up her own seat for a white man; from that moment, her own actions sparked inspiration in others. That was the very start of the revolutionary civil rights movement in America. The start of resistance to wrongful segregation of white and black and hurtful discrimination. The start of Martin Luther King’s search for non-violent freedom. In the year 1955, after hearing that Rosa Parks had been…

“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…

Introduction Most know the deed that Rosa Parks did, and how she started the Montgomery Bus Boycott. However, few know that the movement actually began when a young fifteen-year-old girl refused her seat to a white woman. This girl was Claudette Colvin. At first, the blacks were too scared to stand up against the injustices they endured, but with the right leaders, they rose up against segregation. Jim Crow Laws Blacks in the 1950s, living in central Alabama, lived a life completely controlled…

Rosa Parks was a very influential woman in fighting for civil rights. Rosa Parks was like any other citizen getting through there day. At that time people were fighting for civil rights. Civil rights are defined as individuals receiving equal treatment and no discrimination. After work Rosa Parks heads to the bus stop to go home. She sat down in a white only seat which caused trouble. The Montgomery city code said that if a white person told a black person to move to a different seat…

Rosa Parks Impact On Civil Rights “The only tired I was, was tired of giving in.” -Rosa Parks. People were saying that Rosa gave up her seat because she was physically tired. The quote means that she is tired of giving in to segregation. Rosa Parks was an important figure in American history because she sparked the civil rights movement. Rosa´s courage led to the Montgomery Bus Boycott, Rosa caused an act of civil disobedience, and Rosa opened Rosa and Raymond´s foundation for self…

Sarlo 1 Mrs. Henderson American History Period 3 February 18, 2017 Rosa Parks Rosa Parks, born Rosa Louise McCauley, impacted the 20th Century by helping to initiate the Civil Rights movement, dismantling the Segregation Laws, and the founding of the Institution for Self-Development. At an early age Mrs. Parks faced many injustices wherever she went. This encouraged her to take action instead of sitting back and doing nothing. “She…