Introduction

Rosa Parks was one of the African Americans who changed history. A lot of people know Parks for standing up against racial segregation.  She changed history by refusing to give up her seat on a public bus to a white man. A lot of people say Rosa Parks was too tired to move, but she actually wasn’t tired from work just tired of moving for the whites.  She also didn’t get up because she wasn’t in the whites section. Rosa was arrested and convicted of civil disobedience. During her years of life African American people was segregated from the white people and if a white person told them to do some they had to do it. Her childhood in Montgomery helped her develop strong roots and her childhood was also greatly influenced by Jim Crow. Rosa spent most of her life fighting for desegregation and was active in the Civil Rights movement. No matter what city Parks lived in, she found a way to stay involved in the community and always seemed to have a way to voice her thoughts and feelings about society. She has been given numerous awards for her help in forging positive change in a time.  ”I would like to be known as a person who is concerned about freedom and equality and justice and prosperity for all people.”  (Rosa Parks Facts) Rosa Parks was over the Youth Division at the Montgomery NAACP branch for years. Rosa Parks is an interesting person because she has an exciting childhood and she changed life for African Americans.