Rosa Parks was born in Tuskegee, Alabama, not far for Montgomery on February 4, 1913. (Boyd 1243) Rosa's parents were James and Leona McCauley. (Parks Auto 7) Rosa grew up on a farm in Pine Level. (Parks Auto 5) She grew up under strict guidelines; back when she was a child the black race came second to the whites. As a little girl she was somewhat of a spitfire, not taking physical or mental punishment from anybody. There was an incident when Rosa was very young that depicted the way that she would carry herself as a mature adult. A white boy who was standing near his mother pushed her. When he pushed her, Rosa pushed him back.

"Why did you put your hands on my child?" the mother asked?

"Don't you know that I could have you put in jail?" the mother ask

Rosa was arrested for refusing to relinquish her seat to a white man. This violated segregation laws. This was not the first time that somebody was arrested for refusing to listen to the driver and not giving up his seat. But this was the first time that a prominent member of the black community was arrested for this crime. This enraged the local black community. They believed that since 75% of the bus systems patrons were black that they deserved better treatment. (Smith 267)

On March 1, 1965, U.S Representative John Conyers hired Rosa. She worked for him for 23 years. During this time Rosa lost her brother, husband, and mother. Despite having no family or grandkids Rosa decided to strive on and fight for the rights of all people. (Reed 106)

On that cool December day in 1955 Rosa Parks looked straight down at the white man and decide that enough was enough. Her courage and strength forever changer the way that man viewed the African American Race. I hope that we, as an American society, learn from her struggle and stand up for what we believe in.

She simple said, "You might do what you must; hoverer, I am not leaving my seat." (Parks I Am 32)

December 1, 1955, was probably the most important day in Rosa Parks's life. It is important to remember that in 1955 there still was segregation. (Parks Auto 8) On buses blacks would enter the front door to pay for their fair, then exit and go to the back door where they would take their seats. Rosa was waiting for the bus at the bus stop; the bus that she was about to board was filling up quickly. As the bus pulled up, Rosa realized that it was the same driver that had given her flack about fourteen years earlier. With the back of the bus being completely full Rosa, decided to sit in the middle section. The next stop produced three more black riders. One took the seat with Rosa, and the other two took the seats adjacent to them. Four more stops and Rosa would have been home. However, on the very next stop two white men boarded the bus, and with the bus being completely full, the bus driver ordered the Negroes in the first two seats of the black section to give up their seats. Nobody moved. The bus driver stood up and once again ordered the blacks from their seats. This time the three men in that row of seats got up and went to the back of the bus to stand. Rosa did not though. She refused. The driver told her that if she did not get up that he was going to get the police and have her arrested. (Robinson 18) Rosa did not fear the police or the man who w

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