Why Is Segergation Wrong

I saw her on the bus every day. Though not old, she seemed tired. I thought of all the things she must have done that day. Knowing she needed the seat more than I did, I sat still, hoping somebody else would. During 1955, no black men tried to stand against us. As a white citizen, it was normal to see black people being mistreated. Not all white people hated or disliked the black people, but none took any action. I no longer wanted to partake in such racism. When I heard the news about Rosa Parks boycotting the bus on December 5, it triggered something in my heart. Racism is never the right decision, and everyone should be treated with respect.

Discrimination of the blacks was a dilemma without a care to be resolved. Separation of whites from the darker complected people is what caused rebellions and outrage throughout communities, throughout the nation. “Whites sit in the front, blacks sit in the back,” this is the main reason that Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat, which cause African Americans to boycott against the buses. You are black, you do not have the same rights as we do.” and out of fear, out of lack of courage, the African Americans obeyed their orders. Then one day, a man asked Rosa Parks to stand or head towards the rear of the bus so he may have a seat in the front where white men and women would sit. She refused to stand, and she did not move; she sat ignoring the commands of a “superior white male.” Rosa Parks began a movement after her actions got her arrested; known as the Montgomery Bus Boycott. This act of civil disobedience of a single female caught the attention of many, causing plenty to refuse to do as the signs announced, and causing many to walk to work rather than ride the bus. The blacks no longer felt obligated to listen to the signs and the laws which were bizarre yet politely rude. White people were not superior, and it was now that the African Americans were realizing they deserved equality.

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.

Theres is no secret that the blatant civil rights violations imposed on blacks in America through racial segregation laws served as an injustice to all American citizens in the mid-1900s. At the heart of the segregation battle was the obvious mistreatment, both physical and emotional, bestowed onto African Americans by their white counterparts, especially in the South. After decades of harsh mistreatment, African American leaders sought out to challenge, and ultimately change, the laws and legislation drafted by their government centuries before those men and women existed. Though peaceful protests were a common method of action blacks chose to partake in, many of these individuals were met commonly with acts of violence from angry southerners

Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat at the ‘colored section’ inside the bus to a white passenger, and this went against the customs at the time. As a result of the arrest, Montgomery black community initiated a bus boycott that lasted for more than a year.

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.

Rosa Parks' refusal to relinquish her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama bus was a slap in the face to hard line Jim Crow Southerners who thought that blacks are inferior to whites; it also happened to be illegal, and Parks was swiftly and promptly arrested for breaking a Jim Crow law. Little did the police arresting her know that this arrest would lead to the downfall of the very law they felt they needed, and wanted, to enforce. Along with MLK's protests and marches, a Federal Court determined segregation on buses to be unconstitutional. That would not have happened had it not been for Parks' refusal to obey a law that was both ludicrous and morally wrong. Every human on this earth, regardless of skin color or ethnicity, is exactly that: human, and therefore they deserve

During the 1900’s while the slaves were free blacks were still targeted with violence and discrimination even though Congress adopted the Fourteenth Amendment to ensure the safety and protection of black lives in many states. Racial discrimination went nationwide setting off the Civil Rights Movement in 1955. Rosa Parks, a seamstress in Alabama refused to give up a seat to a white male. Rosa whom was considered “The Mother of the Civil Rights Movement” was detained under a city law that forced her to give up her

In Fredericksburg in 1960 there was a protest because they still weren't letting African-Americans eat at a restaurant. Here's the story behind this. There were eight students that walked into Woodworths at 1 p.m. They took their seats as quietly as they can and started reading books but did not order. The staff suddenly put up signs saying “This Section is Closed off”. Like what the heck is wrong with those people. They can’t they just let them be peaceful and let them read their books maybe they would’ve ordered if they gave them time. The students went to each store and rotated a lot and as soon as they leave the workers reopened the counters to the whites. Like what is wrong with the blacks? The police took a look at the incident

Even it’s against the law, but if you just not going to do anything, then there won’t be any change at all. When Rosa Parks got arrested because of refused to give up her seat to a white passenger man on a Montgomery bus. She knew it’s time to make changes, to help not just herself but for all black people have the right of movement.

While, in modern society, we can all agree that segregation and treating citizens differently based on skin or socioeconomic status is wrong and unfair, there was a time when our government did not agree with these views. In order for them to realize the mistake they were making and to be pushed to actually do something about it, peaceful protests, sit-ins, and boycotts were required. Without these protests against the government, they wouldn’t have truly heard the cries of the people and they wouldn’t have felt the need to change the laws to give everyone equal rights. Our government would have continued on, the same as usual, because they weren’t being pushed to change their ways, and we might not have had the victory found in desegregation and equal rights. Civil disobedience was required for the pain and the injustice felt by some of the nation’s most vulnerable citizens to be seen and brought to the forefront of the government’s

There is a fine line between standing up for something you believe in and taking it too far and being disrespectful. In 1955 when Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man she stated her difference of opinion in a positive way. Parks acted out against the “Jim Crow laws that enforced racial segregation in the South”. She wasn’t the only one that saw the separation; she was just the first one to take a stand for her beliefs. Yes, she was punished and taken to jail for committing a crime, but by her refusing to move she started a “381-day-long boycott of public buses”. If Parks would have been disrespectful in a violent manner, she would not have accomplished anything. By going about it in a way that wasn’t disrespectful, her actions speak louder than her voice would have ever been heard. Just one year later the Supreme Court ruled that the bus segregation was

The civil rights movement began in the 1950’s when African-Americans basic rights were long denied to them (PBS.org, 2015). This inspired the African American culture and other discriminated groups to fight for their own rights. One of the first acts was when a woman name Rosa Parks did not want to give up her seat to a Caucasian man. She was wrongfully put in jail because of the incident. She was not the first person to do this, but because she was close friends with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. which was one of the leaders of the civil rights movement, she received a lot of publicity and media play. This incident shows that she was a victim of discrimination. She was belittled by people because she would not give up her seat which, in that time was the law. The laws in the past did not protect the minority but the majority which was the Caucasians. Later in the civil rights movement, people marched protested and did everything possible to get some result from the discrimination in America at that time. People were also killed, arrested, slandered, and abused because all they wanted was their rights not to be discriminated against. After all of fighting for civil rights, the laws finally changed and things were getting better. Although things were getting better, in the present time things has turned around for the