I am trying to remember her name. She wouldnt get off the bus when the whites wanted to sit or something. She like changed things for black women.
2007-09-27 15:02:22 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender
Rosa Parks..
1913—2005, American civil-rights activist, b. Tuskegee, Ala., as Rosa Louise McCauley. A seamstress and long-time member of the Montgomery, Ala., chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), her Dec. 1, 1955, arrest for refusing to give up her seat on a municipal bus to a white man sparked the Montgomery bus boycott. This successful protest, which lasted just over a year, marked the emergence of Martin Luther King, Jr., to national prominence as a civil-rights leader and provided the model for future nonviolent movement actions. Fired from her job and unable to find work, Parks moved in 1957 to Detroit, where she remained active in the civil-rights movement and worked (1965—88) as an aide to Congressman John Conyers. She was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal, Congress's highest honor, in 1999.
2007-09-27 15:22:48 · answer #1 · answered by ©Diva© 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rosa Parks, now deceased. The event was in Montgomery and was a rallying cry for civil rights in the black community. Martin L King (many challenge his doctorate amongst allegations of plagiarism, but that is another argument) then lead a march from Selma across the Edmund Pettus bridge (I've been there) to Montgomery to force then Governor George Wallace to grant civil rights to blacks.
It wasn't later until the famous show down at The University of Alabama between the black female student and Mr. Wallace, that he finally relinquished. That and an executive order from then President John F Kennedy. Mr. Wallace threatened to call out the national guard to back him up, he backed down on that too.
Mrs. Parks was arrested because she refused to give up her seat at the front of the bus to a white man. It wasn't just a major change for black women, but all of her race, men, women and children. But further, was it just for her race? Wasn't it equal justice for all?
Was she a heroine? No, I don't think so. She was just someone who was standing up for what she believed in. Which was equal treatment for all.
She left Alabama some years ago and settled in Detroit where she passed away.
2007-09-27 15:28:43 · answer #2 · answered by Phurface 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rosa Parks
2007-09-27 15:05:42 · answer #3 · answered by paganmom 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Rosa Parks
2007-09-27 15:05:19 · answer #4 · answered by SgtMoto 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Rosa Parks
2007-09-27 15:04:58 · answer #5 · answered by Grad 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Rosa Parks
2007-09-27 15:04:48 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
Rosa Parks.
2007-09-27 15:21:28 · answer #7 · answered by hueco cuervo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rosa Parks.
2007-09-27 15:05:38 · answer #8 · answered by shriekingvioletta 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Rosa Parks.
Yeah, i think she sat in the white section of the bus or didn't get off when whites wanted to sit. i believe she started that whole movement
2007-09-27 15:06:28 · answer #9 · answered by racingroadrunner 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm proud to say that her name is Rosa Park. Me myself being a black woman, I feel as though all black women , let alone black people should know this. so spread your question around.
2007-09-28 05:28:16 · answer #10 · answered by Venise M 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋