the life of rose parks
2007-02-09 10:40:02 · 6 answers · asked by flotricia d 1 in Travel ➔ United States ➔ Orlando
Isn't she the lady who refused to give up her seat for a white man...
Just did a quick search...and yes, she is...
http://womenshistory.about.com/od/parksrosa/p/rosa_parks.htm
2007-02-09 10:45:46 · answer #1 · answered by sarch_uk 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Rosa Parks, wouldn't give up her seat on the bus to a white man when asked to by the driver in 1955. A landmark in the civil rights movement. Following Ms. Parks became a respected civil rights activist.
2007-02-09 18:46:08 · answer #2 · answered by jeffpsd 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rosa Parks (that's the correct spelling) was a great black lady who was one of the 'sparks' of the Civil Rights movements in 1960's.
Until then, black people were segregated and had to ride in the backs of busses. They had segregated places in diners and rest rooms and could not even go into certain buildings. Can you imagine that?
In 1955, Rosa Parks got on a bus in Alabama and actually sat at the front of the bus.
Parks is famous for her refusal on December 1, 1955 to obey bus driver James Blake's demand that she relinquish her seat to a white man. Her subsequent arrest and trial for this act of civil disobedience triggered the Montgomery Bus Boycott, one of the largest and most successful mass movements against racial segregation in history, and launched Martin Luther King, Jr., one of the organizers of the boycott, to the forefront of the civil rights movement. Her role in American history earned her an iconic status in American culture, and her actions have left an enduring legacy for civil rights movements around the world.
Rosa Parks died in 2006.
2007-02-09 18:52:20 · answer #3 · answered by vgordon_90 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you mean Rosa Parks. She was a Black lady in Montgomery, Alabama who in 1955 refused to give up her seat on a city bus to a White man. It resulted in her arrest and the subsequent boycott of the city bus system by the Black community. She is considered one of the original Civil Rights originators.
2007-02-09 18:47:57 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
ROSA Parks.
Without giving you the answers to your entire homework assignment, Rosa Parks is the lady who refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama bus back in 1955. She was arrested, which triggered the Montgomery Bus Boycott, which in turn started the black civil rights movement.
You might also look up the history of segregation in the US back then.
2007-02-09 18:46:14 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wow, how thick can you get it?
Brush up on a little black history, you oblivious little white girl.
Its ROSA Parks.
2007-02-09 18:48:58 · answer #6 · answered by S. 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋