Similarities Between 'Rosa Parks, My Story And I Never Had It Made'

Rosa Parks from “Rosa Parks, My Story” and Jackie Robinson from “I Never Had It Made” are similar and different in how they responded when they had no instructions when dealing with racism.

Jack Roosevelt Robinson was born January 31st, 1919. He was the first African American Baseball player to play in major league baseball, this put him in a situation of racism and bigotry with no instructions.Rosa Louise Mccauley Parks was born February 4th, 1913. She was known as “The first lady of civil rights” and “The mother of the freedom movement” She had no instructions when she was being forced to give up her seat on the bus for a white person.

Rosa Parks and Jackie Robinson were similar in how they rejected and ignored racism. In “Rosa Parks, My Story” Rosa says “He asked if I was going to move. I said no.” Rosa rejected and ignored the racism of the bus driver, even though it had consequences, because she was fed up with racism. In “I Never Had It Made” Jackie Robisnon says “It

Rosa took a more direct approach while Jackie focused more on letting it bother him. Using the same evidence as before to argue this difference, Rosa says “The only tired I was, was tired of giving in. He asked if I was going to stand up, and I said no.” Rosa Parks told him “No” directly objecting to racism, and also later organized protests against the bus company. On the other hand Jackie Robinson said “The black and young were my cheering squads, but also, there were people - neither black nor young - people from all races and faiths. People who couldn’t care less about my race.” This section of the text shows how Jackie Robinson focused more on all the people of all different types there to support him, rather than the racists. This difference highlights how there is more than one way to deal with no instructions (specifically with racism). All this shows how Rosa was fed up and acted on it, but Jackie focused on the bright