Rosa Parks 'Hero In The Poem Rosa' By Rita Dove

Rosa didn’t give up her seat, and after being arrested and taken out of jail, she took her case to the Supreme Court. She had been the first person to take her case to Supreme Court not the first person to give up her seat for a white. As said Rosa was always hard working throughout her years being alive. When she married Raymond Parks he was part of the NAACP.

She had a tremendous amount of courage and fearlessness. During the 1950s and 1960s, it is a known fact that discrimination was in the air. African Americans were oppressed, and could not participate in the same activities as whites due to color of their skin. Rosa Parks experienced the struggle of being an African American female during the reconstruction period which ultimately stimulated

“ mam, can you give your seat up for this man, no” Rosa park was born in Louise McCauley, February 4, 1913 in Tuskegee, Alabama. Rosa park went to school and was of course separated from white and black throughout her whole life. . Rosa park is known as the one woman that got kicked off the bus and arrested because she didn't give her seat up for a white gentleman on that same day. Rosa park has been one brave woman that did not want to give up her seat and be treated differently from other colored people in the world. Rosa park joined the NAACP and gave speeches about her rights right after the incident at big events and was really mad about what happened. Rosa park was also a mother of two and was supporting everything for the children she has had.rosa Park

Rosa Parks A civil rights activist named Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man on a bus. Rosa dedicated her whole life to the civil rights and was prodded of being a civil rights activist. Rosa lived in a normal neighborhood full of black people that just wanted to be treated the same as white people. The biggest thing that Rosa did was not giving up her seat on the bus but she also did speeches and nonviolent protesting.

HOOK. Rosa Parks is considered a hero because she was determined, brave and a role models for others. Rosa Parks is considered a hero because she was determined. In an excerpt, written by Taylor Wilson, it says “ ...but she refused, saying that she had paid to ride and had a right to be seated” (2). Rosa Parks says that she had the right to sit there because she paid for her seat.

The Civil Rights Movement was one of the most impacted moments of African American history. Specifically speaking, the women during this period had the courage to take a stand for what they believe is right. “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has” said by Margaret Meads. Over the past generations, there has been many legal and social changes made by women which now a day have gone unnoticed. One of the bravest and truest African American female that has changed the world we live in today is Rosa Parks. Rosa Parks took the stand of believing that whites and blacks should be allowed in the same areas at the same time without any complications. She became the voice that

That, however, did not apply to Rosa Parks. Rosa Parks experienced the same thing that Martin Luther King Jr. and other African-Americans experienced during the Civil Rights Movement; she had to go through the same things every other African-American experienced, such as sitting at the back of the bus. On buses, African-Americans and Americans had different sections to sit in: African-Americans were forced to sit in the back seats, while Americans had the benefit of sitting at the front of the bus. One day, Rosa Parks, an African-American, had enough pride in herself to sit at the front of the bus. When she was told to move by an American who wanted her seat, she refused. Despite being sent to jail for her actions, Rosa Parks performed a small act of pride that had the biggest impact. The pride she held for her race spoke out to everyone, whatever the race or gender, which makes Rosa Parks such a critical historical figure.

First, she was very well respected so the people thought it was best they protest after her incident. In an article that highlights Rosa Parks, "The local black leadership had long debated challenging bus segregation, but decided to wait for an incident involving someone who embodied the politics of respectability and whose

The African Americans were forced to sit in the back while the white could sit anywhere, even take their seat away if their isn't any left. One day, a African American named Rosa Parks refused to sit in the back of the bus and was sent to jail for her acts of civil disobedience. The reason she was sent to jail was for her act of breaking the rules, but her acting disobedience lead to boycotts and launched to the freedom and justice for African Americans. The reason for Rosa Parks stood up for herself and others. She helped others receive the same treatment as the whites do. Even though she risked herself by breaking rules and she was sent to jail. The people who were against her thought she broke a rule and she labeled her a disobedience, but instead she broke the line between the African Americans and whites. Rosa Parks was served as a symbol of what is possible to stand up, even if she was the only one

This act of peaceful disobedience was one of the acts that started the Civil Rights Movement that eventually created equality between blacks and whites in the United States. Though there is still conflicts between blacks and whites in today’s time, there is an equal opportunity for everyone in public areas, job markets, and educational environments. This equality would not be possible if Rosa Parks would have not refused to give up her seat.

“People always say that I didn’t give up my seat because I was tired,” wrote Rosa Parks on her Biography, “but that isn’t true. I was not tired physically….No, the only tired I was, was giving in,” stated in (History.com.) “Rosa Parks is a civil rights leader in the 1960’s.” (From “Rosa Parks” By Cavendish, Marshall; Academic American Encyclopedia) She was a huge key in history, forwarding the protest for the African Americans rights’.

On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks was arrested in Montgomery, Alabama for not standing and letting a white bus rider take her seat. She was found guilty for disorderly conduct and fined fourteen dollars. The city law stated that all African Americans were to sit in separate rows on the buses. African Americans had to sit in the back rows of the bus because the front rows of the bus were reserved of the white passengers. Rosa was tired of all the horrible treatment her and her fellow African Americans were receiving everyday of their lives.

Mrs. Parks entered the bus, paid her fare, and took a seat in the middle section of the bus. The back of the bus was deemed the "colored section", the front was considered the "white section", and the middle section was for either race, however if a white person needed a seat, the black person was expected to give up their seat immediately. The bus made three stops a white man entered the bus and needed a seat, the three other black got out of their seat immediately, but when the driver ordered Rosa to get up she firmly stated "no", Mrs. Parks once stated that "people always say that I didn't give up my seat because I was tired, but that I didn't give up my seat because I was tired of giving in." According to "Rosa Parks", Mrs. Parks had meant to do no more than show one rude bus driver that blacks were being treated unfairly. She wasn't the first black to ever refuse to give up her seat, but her action had consequences. After she refused to give up her seat on the bus, the driver threatened to have her arrested, Mrs. Parks simply stated, "You may do that." The policemen clearly didn't want to arrest her, but law forced them to.

Rosa Parks was a wonderful who refused to give up her seat to a white passenger ,spurring the Montgomery boycott and other effects to end segregation. For example “and the walls came tumbling down”(Mary 6). This show that everything that she did by saying “NO” came back at her and caused her to suffer and end up in jail. Rosa Parks was bailed out of jail 24 hours after her arrest by Edgar Nixon , president of the NAACP ( National Association For The Advancement

Rosa Parks was known for her unplanned act of defiance that lead to the Montgomery Bus Boycott of 1955 (Dudley 258). The attributes that she contributed to Civil Rights was her commitment to the cause, her positive attitude, and her ability to inspire others. Rosa Parks had got onto a public bus after a long day of work, and her feet were hurting, so she decided to sit in the white section. The white people complained and the bus driver told her if she did not get up, then she would be arrested. Nevertheless, with Rosa Park’s refusal to get up, it led to her arrest. Due to her commitment to the cause she stood up for racial equality, and though all of the turmoil she encountered she kept a positive attitude. Her ability to inspire others was remarkable, therefore it led to the Montgomery Bus Boycott. The boycott was due to the fact that African Americans were exasperated due to the fact that they were not being treated equally. This then led to all African Americans walking to and from wherever they were