Stereotypes Against Hate Crimes

Rosa Parks was a normal young black woman,she was heading home but was caught in the civil rights movement in the country. Racial discrimination was being condemned as a stiff and unlawful system. African Americans were mandatory to depart their seats in the back of the bus for any white passenger who couldn’t find a seat at the front of the bus. While Rosa Parks headed home that day,sitting at

Throughout the African American civil rights movement opportunities were sought to spark a chance at improving conditions in the south. Rosa Parks refusing to give up her seat on the Montgomery, Alabama bus was the fire to that spark. Rosa, standing up for herself something anyone person in today’s world would do, was arrested and put in jail. While Rosa was in jail she caught the eye of many people in the Civil Rights Movement, including the leaders. The Civil Rights leaders protested her arrest and hired lawyers to aid her in her trial. Although she was found guilty and was fined fourteen dollars for the cost of the court case, which lasted on thirty minutes, she wasn’t done yet. Rosa Parks has affected the society we live in today in

On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks, one of the leaders of the local branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People [NAACP] refused to give up her seat to a white person on a segregated city bus in Montgomery, Alabama, despite being reprimanded by the driver (Schulke 166). Montgomery, Alabama was known for its terrible treatment of blacks. The buses in particular had been a source of tension between the city and black citizens for many years (Schulke, 167). As a result of refusing to give up her seat, Rosa Parks was arrested. Rosa Parks' popularity among the black community, proved to be the spark that ignited the non-violent Civil Rights Movement (Norrell 2).

As a few white passengers boarded the bus and the white sections were already full so the driver shouted back at four black people including Rosa Parks “Move y'all, I want those two seats”. As this demand was made by the driver 3 of the bus riders obeyed to what was shouted back, however Rosa Parks remained in her seat and was determined not to move. She was arrested following the bus drivers order and fined ten dollars. This, however small incited a great wave of bus boycotts which in Montgomery black people chose not to ride the bus for a period of 381 days. This still to date is known as the moment in which the civil rights movement started to gain headway. It was the will of one woman who decided it was time for black people to take a stand and from this point on Martin Luther King was assigned to take this boycott on. Although he was assigned to take this on people also felt as he was young, fresh and people had not formulated enough of an opinion of him, there was little room for him to be hated yet so he posed as the right figure to lead this. After the many days of boycotting the case of this transport issue in Alabama went to the Supreme Court. Here it was decided that segregation was declared as unconstitutional so segregation by law was no

On Thursday evening December 1, 1955, Rosa boards a Montgomery City Bus to go home after a long day working as a seamstress. She walks back to the section for blacks, and takes a seat. The law stated that they could sit there if no White people were standing. Rosa parks never liked segregation rules and has been fighting against them for more than ten years in the NAACP, but until then had never broke any of the unjust rules. As the bus stops at more places, more white people enter the bus, all the seats in the “White Only” section was filled and the bus driver orders Rosa’s row to move to the back of the bus, they all moved, accept Rosa. She was arrested and fined for violating a city regulation. This act of defiance began a movement that ended legal Segregation in America, and made her an inspiration to freedom devoted people everywhere.

A growing amount of American people began to speak out about inequality and injustice during the 1950’s and the Rosa Parks bus incident is a perfect example. On December 1, 1955, a 42 year old African American woman who worked as a seamstress

“In 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a city bus to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama. This act of civil disobedience was an important catalyst in the growth of the Civil Rights movement; activists built the Montgomery Bus Boycott around it, which lasted more than a year and desegregated the buses. Civil rights protests and actions, together with legal challenges, resulted in a series of legislative and court decisions which contributed to undermining the Jim Crow

Segregation was almost as if blacks and whites were on completely different planets. Black people were deigned throughout the public transportation system. They were forced to ride in the back or stand in the isles. They could not walk past the front section of the bus, they paid their fee, got off the bus, and reentered through the back door. Obscene drivers would let African Americans pay their fee, yet after disembarking to go through the back entrance the bus driver would leave. In Montgomery Alabama, 1955, a black seamstress by the name of Rosa Parks sits in the correct seat on the bus. The white section is filled. A middle-aged white man asks Rosa to move. She refuses. This event sparked the Civil Rights Movement. Enraged by these immoral circumstances they went to city council and denounced the bus companies. “The mayor instructed the bus company to begin stopping at every corner in black neighborhoods, just as buses did in white sections in town.” (Freedman 11). Although the change was small it gave hope and light for the victims to see more in the future. The ride was long and bumpy but finally because of their steadfastness they reached their destination. “At long last, a court had upheld the protesters’ cause” (Freedman

As perhaps one of the most publicized and educated upon women of color in history, Rosa Parks is a woman that is familiar to all. As a Civil rights activist, Rosa is most famous for her refusal to surrender her seat to a white passenger on a segregated bus. This event in Montgomery, Alabama, surged a boycott of the bus service known as the “The Montgomery Bus Boycott”. The boycott, which sparked nationwide controversy and unrest, greatly contributed to the termination of the segregation of public facilities. When the bus Rosa was riding in was filling with more white people than African-Americans, the bus driver noticed that a few white passengers were standing in the isle. The bus driver, although they were not specifically granted this power by the Montgomery bus code, moved the line that separated the colored and white sections back four seats to allow the white passengers a seat on the bus. Three of the four African

On December 1st, 1955, Rosa entered a bus in Montgomery Alabama, and sat down right behind the whites only section. The bus was filled and there were no seats left. The driver ordered four African Americans to clear seats including Rosa Parks. She refused and shortly after she was arrested for civil disobedience and accused of violating the Jim Crow Laws. Parks, stood up for what she believed in and in a peaceful way. She understood that it was wrong, but she did not have any fear when she committed this selfless crime. Rosa Parks refused to move as a symbol to fight for equality in the

According to the new FBI numbers, 47 percent of hate crimes in 2014 were motivated by race, over 20 percent by anti-LGBT animus, and approaching 19 percent by religion (Potok 2). The use of hate speech leads to imminent hate crimes, especially when such speech is ramped within politics. Hate speech should be seen as a precursor to more serious crimes and violence because hate speech causes society to be more accepting toward certain violent behaviors and hate speech allows for negative stereotypes to be used against marginalized groups of people.

On December 1st, 1955, my mother and I were waiting for the news to come on the T.V. I already had heard what happened to our next door neighbor, Rosa. She was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white man on the bus.

It is likely a cold day in December of 1955, when Rosa Parks steps onto a Montgomery city bus after a long day’s work. Sitting in the back of the bus, she may be passing the time by gazing out of a window, anticipating the relief of finally reaching home. Her thoughts are then interrupted when white passengers boarded the bus and found no available seats. When the driver asks her and other passengers to give up their seats, Parks does something strange- she refuses. A threat of arrest does move her, and Parks does not resist as she is apprehended and taken to a police station. Most people cite her defiance as her single contribution in catalyzing the Civil Rights movement. However, Rosa Parks was long involved with civil rights, and her efforts would continue throughout and after the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks made history in her hometown of Montgomery, Alabama (Baggett, 2016). Alabama, amongst many other southern states, enforced segregation in public places. Rosa Parks boarded a bus after a long day of work at the local department store and paid the white bus driver her regular fare. The bus was full, as it normally was at this time of day, and Rosa took her seat at the front of the black section of the bus (Sanders, 2006, p. 3). Black passengers were advised to yield to white passengers if the front half of the white section was full. The bus driver began to drive and eventually made another stop at the next station. White passengers began to board the bus and took all the remaining white seats at the front of the bus; however, there was one man left standing. The bus driver asked Rosa and the other passengers beside her to vacate

When mapping inside crime they have overlooked the high percentage of females that live in public housing. Most of the crime mapping research focused on housing structure issues instead of the issues of gender differences victimization in public housing. Only certain authors talked about violence against women. Dekeseredy,Alvi, Schwartz,and Perry(1999) They examined violence against and harassment of women residents of Canadian public housing development. This support the research that women are more likely to victimized by somebody they know. The rampant underreporting of violence against women would influence crime mapping potentialities in this area because police lack documentation in the area of crime against women. Some police might think