Did you know Rosa Parks wasn’t the first black woman to refuse to give up her seat? There were two women before her but the government didn’t think they would be as recognized as Rosa.
Rosa Parks meant that there is a “black world” and a “white world” because of these three main differences: “The bus was among the first ways I realized there was a white world and a black world.” referring to Jim Crow Laws otherwise known as the laws of segregation, more and fewer rights, and how they were treated when arrested or when they messed up.
First, Rosa Parks meant that there was a “black world” and a “white world” because of segregation. Segregation caused a separation between African Americans and caucasian people during Rosa Parks's life. According to the text “the story behind the bus,” it states, “soon all the seats on the bus were filled. When a white man entered the bus the driver (following the standard practice of segregation) insisted that all four blacks sitting just behind the white section give up their seats so the man could sit there.” This proves that black people were expected to give up their seats for white people. This is a solid example of what Rosa meant by the
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The difference between rights separated what she called the white world and the black world. According to the text, story states, “The next stop was the Empire Theater, and some whites got on. They filled up the white seats, and one man was left standing. The driver looked back and noticed the man standing. Then he looked back at us. He said, "Let me have those front seats," because they were the front seats of the black section. Didn't anybody move? We just sat right where we were, the four of us. Then he spoke a second time: "Y'all better make it light on yourselves and let me have those seats." This proves that the difference between rights is what separated the two