Rosa Parks Research Paper

Rosa Parks: A True Advocate for the People In 1955 Rosa Parks changed history. During Rosa’s life, segregation of blacks and whites was normal and common. It was normal for whites to tell blacks what to do and it was also mandated that blacks had to accommodate the whites when asked. In December 1955 Rosa decided that she had enough and refused to move from her bus seat. This very simple act changed History. The day that Rosa boarded the bus, sat in her seat in the black section and only wanted to go home, a white man asked her to move from her seat so that he could sit down. Rosa was tired. Not only was she was tired because it was a long day, she was also tired of moving for whites. Because of her actions, Rosa was arrested and fined.

Rosa left school at a young age and she got a job in a factory. Soon after she met her husband Raymond Parks and with his help obtained her high school degree while joining the NAACP (biography.com editors, Rosa Parks). Leading up to the bus boycott it is important to know that Montgomery City code allowed the bus drivers to assign seats but had no authority to demand a person give up their seat even if they were colored as stated in the article above. This became a vital part in history since it allowed for the formation of the Montgomery Improvement Association of which they hired Martin Luther King JR. who took great charge in supporting Rosa Parks because they believe it was going to bring great change. The Montgomery bus boycott proved to be a great success. As stated on biography.com, “The city's buses were, by and large, empty. Some people carpooled and others rode in African-American-operated cabs, but most of the estimated 40,000 African-American commuters living in the city at the time had opted to walk to work that day—some as far as 20 miles”. The boycott became so successful that it lasted for several months before it led to further opportunities for segregation to