Imagine you’re a female African American in 1955, getting arrested for not giving up your seat to a white male. Imagine you’re an African American woman that never got to go to a non-segregated school. Well, that’s the type of life Rosa Parks had to live. Parks is well-known as one of the most important female African Americans. Rosa Parks faced many challenges and obstacles becoming one of the most important. Becoming one of the best, was not easy for her. To understand how she became such a role model, one most know about her early life, activism, and legacy/ impact on the world. During her early life, Rosa experienced many rough times. Parks was born on February 4, 1913 in Tuskegee, Alabama. Around the age of two, her parents separated and she moved …show more content…
On December 1, 1955, Parks made history for not giving her seat up to a white male.(Wikipedia) Rosa believed that she should be able to sit anywhere on the bus and shouldn’t have to sit in one section just because of the appearance of her skin. After the Montgomery Bus Boycott, Rosa moved to Detroit with her husband and mother to further advance her time as an activist. (Biography.com) When she moved to Detroit, she began working with the Planned Parenthood Federation of America. The PPFA is a federation that provides healthcare for people that are planning to be parents. In her later year of activism, Parks organized a freedom march for criminals that were in jail or prison for “self defense.” Parks didn’t mean “self defense” as brutually, majorly hurt anyone, but people like herself that stood up for themselves and did what was correct and needed.(Wikipedia) She made the decision of organizing that march because she thought there was nothing wrong with defending yourself. Her actions were used in a positive way and even helped prisoners shorten their time in. Rosa’s years in activism were inspiring and memorable to many people