Rosa Parks, is known as the "mother of the civil rights movement". She was one of the most important citizens of the 20th century. Rosa Parks lived in Montgomery, Alabama, at the time of her righteous act. In December of 1955, she refused to give up her seat on a city bus to a white passenger could sit down. The bus driver had her arrested, for basically not being "nice" to a white passenger. Rosa Parks was convicted of violating a local ordinance.
Her act inspired a citywide boycott of the bus system by blacks that lasted more than a year.This really hurt the bus system considering that blacks were the main people to ride the bus. AS a result of this boycottt Martin Luther King, Jr, started to speak out for black all over the south. The U.S. Supreme Court decision outlawing segregation on city buses. Over the next four decades, she helped make her fellow Americans aware of the history of the civil rights struggle. This pioneer in the struggle for racial equality was the recipient of some honors, including the Martin Luther King Jr. Nonviolent Peace Prize and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
10 comments:
good job, your blog is well written, maybe you should explain what local ordinace was violated.
I like how you were straight forward with your information. A picture would be nice to have a visual.
Good job; however, your post was a little brief. You could have gone into more detail.
good work in the summary of what rosa parks did. the picture helped as well
decent paragraph, but needs more information on the real impact she had on the civil rights movement
i really liked your opening,"Mother of Civial Rights Movement". The rest of it was well written.
I also agree the opening was great for this paper. And good choice of topic is something that everybody should know in life.
you did a really good job of simplifying and summarizing information about rosa parks
It was a little bit short but you still provided plenty of information. Good job.
Well written, clearly broken up into two distinct paragraphs. You might have been able to go into more detail of what she did to help the civil rights movement, more so then just the bus incident. Overall, great job! Lastly you might want to add some more exact dates, just to get a better time reference.
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