How Did Rosa Parks Show Courage

Research Paper: Rosa Parks

Rosa Parks is an African American that grew up in one of many segregated cities, Montgomery, Alabama. Being the “First Lady of Civil Rights”, she had many opinions on the daily life of African Americans. But born in Tuskegee, Alabama on February 4th, 1913. She stood up for what she believed was right, and succeeded. Due to her courage, what she did to make history, and her race, Rosa Parks made a statement in the Civil Rights Movement.

Rosa Parks had much courage to sit in the front of the bus. “When the driver saw me still sitting, he asked if I was going to stand up and I said, “No, I’m not.”. She wasn’t going to stand up, because that was the only seat left on the bus. When Parks’ sat down in the wrong part of the bus, she refused the driver and was not going to move. It was automatically a problem, just when she sat down in the wrong place. Everyone in the 1900’s was very

“Like most Southern American Cities at that time, Montgomery, Alabama, was thoroughly racially segregated in the mid- 1950’s.”. In the 1950’s, people’s rights, especially African American’s, were very limited, such as Segregation. Segregation is the separation of blacks and whites in public places. It was mostly the Southern states that were segregated. She made history, but race was one more aspect that made it happen.

Rosa Parks’ race was the main reason why she got arrested. “To implement their plan, they needed a model citizen to deny the segregationist policy and to get arrested for that action.” They needed someone from the black race that would stand up for the rights they don't have. Rosa Parks made the perfect decision in boycotting in one of the most segregated locations, the Bus. Perfect, meaning one place that everyone agreed on, therefore it was very racially split up. The Montgomery Bus Boycott was as big as it was , because of