“When the history of this country is written, when a final accounting is done, it is this small, quiet woman whose name will be remembered long after the names of senators and presidents have been forgotten. (Freedman)” Rosa Parks had a dream to give African Americans freedom and equality. She grew up in Tuskegee during the segregated time which made her have courage and strength to fight for blacks. Achieving her goal, she started the Civil Rights movement in the United States. Rosa Parks was recognized as the “mother of the modern-day civil rights movement” because of her works with the NAACP, Montgomery Bus Boycott, and her influence on many African American during that time.
Rosa Louise McCauley, a Civil rights activist, was born on February 4, 1913, in Tuskegee, Alabama to James and Leona McCauley. When she was two years old her mother moved the family to Pine Level to live with her parents. Her mother parents, Rose and Sylvester Edwards were former slaves and advocate for
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The morning of this day, a group of blacks gathered the Mt.Zion Church to talk about their strategies and the boycott. They required a new organization and formed the Montgomery Improvement Association. Dr, Martin Luther King Jr was the minister of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church and the Association elected him as a newcomer. When Rosa was found guilty the Montgomery Bus Boycott became a huge success, lasting for 381. African Americans car pooled, rode cabs, and even walk to their destination. Finally, on November 13, 1956, the U.S Supreme Court ruled that the laws of Montgomery were unconstitutional. The boycott ended on December 20, 1956, and the bus lifted the enforcement of segregation. 17,000 people worked together and ended segregation because they fought for their