Rosa Parks
Chance Augsburger-7th period
Background
"The mother of the freedom movement," Rosa Parks, was a part and a leader of the American civil rights movement throughout the 1900's. Rosa Parks was an African-American woman who was arrested for civil disobedience on December 1st, 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama. While not the first person to defy segregation laws, Rosa Parks, has gone down in the books as one of the most influential civil rights leaders in American modern day history.
Rosa Louise McCauley Parks
Photographed with Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa parks came in contact with many civil rights leaders as her fame from her civil disobedience began to rise.
No. 2857 Bus
The bus Parks was arrested on after not getting up to allow a white man to sit in her seat due to overcrowding.
Rosa Park on the March from Selma to Montgomery
During the long journey for civil rights, Rosa Parks, as well as 250,000 other people, participated in the most historic representation on nonviolent civil disobedience in American history; a march from Selma to Montgomery.
Rosa Parks - Mini Bio
Modern Day Civil Disobedience
As I have covered, Rosa Parks was an African-American civil rights leader during the 1900's. Her fame came from defying segregation laws when she refused to vacate her seat on a community bus for a white male. In Henry David Thoreau's "Civil Disobedience," his aversion to government possess him to say that "a single man can bend to [the governments] will." Rosa parks was the exception to Thoreau's statement because she finally said "enough" and decided to disobey the laws of the state. This action led to Parks' jailing but nevertheless she was and continues to be a symbol of civil disobedience and freedom.