Rosa Parks

Historiography

Rosa Parks grew up in a life of segregation and discrimination from the white people. Because of this, Rosa began to have strong support for the idea of racial equality and for doing what was right at a young age. She then met her husband Raymond, a member of the NAACP, and became an activist herself. Rosa Parks, a black seamstress, helped initiate the civil rights movement in the United States by refusing to give up her seat to a white man in a Montgomery city bus in 1955. She gets arrested. After this incident, the blacks of Montgomery boycott the buses eventually making the Supreme Court rule the segregated buses as unconstitutional. As a result, Rosa Parks put an end to the segregation laws in the South.

Parallels/Conclusion

Since Rosa Parks grew up in a time period when segregation was at its highest, she was greatly affected by the knowledge of racial inequality and racial discrimination. If she had not experienced racial discrimination at a young age or had not been told to stand up for what she believed in, I don't think Rosa Parks would have been able to do what she did in Montgomery. Therefore, her early childhood shaped her into what she is known for doing today by creating a sense of not wanting to be pushed around anymore and seeking for that respect from the white people.