Does anyone remember the civil rights activist who began the revolutionary Montgomery bus boycott? Yes, you guessed, it’s Rosa Parks. Her bravery led to the end of racial segregation in America. Rosa Louise McCauley was born on February 4th, 1913 in Tuskegee, Alabama. At an early age, she was witnessed with racial discrimination and violence.
Rosa Parks was a female activist for the Civil Rights Movement in America and was committed to end White Supremacy and segregation. She was born on the 4th of February, 1913 in Tuskegee, Alabama and unfortunately died on the 24th of October, 2005 in Detroit, Michigan.
Previous to the Boycott Bus protest, Mrs Parks would frequently disobey transport segregation policies and she became passionate about committing to being an activist. She gained recognition in 1955 after refusing to give up her bus seat to a white passenger in Montgomery, Alabama and after this day, Alabama has never been the same. For her act of defiance, she was arrested and was fined $14.00.
After the arrest of Rosa Parks, black folks of Montgomery and sympathizers of alternative races organized and promoted a boycott of the town bus line that lasted 381 days. Dr Martin Luther King, Jr. was appointed the advocator for the Bus Boycott and instructed direct action to any or all participants. Contingent with the protest in Montgomery, others took form throughout the south and therefore the country.
Mrs Parks has accomplished numerous achievements and goals throughout her lifetime. Such as a book called "Rosa Parks: My Story” by Rosa Park herself. The book told the story of Rosa’s life leading up to the day she got on the bus and determined that she wasn't abandoning her seat. Rosa later revealed another book referred to as “Quiet Strength”, that represented her religion and the way it helped her on her journey through life.
Only today after researching this iconic woman, how rebellious acts have impacted American segregation laws. Her decision began the slow process of equal citizenship and treatment for African-Americans. Parks died at the age 92 from natural causes but her legacy still leaves on till this day.
– Eeshaa, Leila and Alexia
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