Civil Rights Activist: Rosa Parks

Rosa Parks was born Rosa Louise McCauley on February 4, 1913 in Tuskegee, Alabama. Parks was first of two children, James and Leona (Edwards) McCauley. Parks was a Civil Rights activist, and most known for being arrested in Montgomery, Alabama for refusing to give up her seat to a white man. Rosa Parks was a member of the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People), and served as secretary by 1943. In the year of 1932 Parks married Raymond Parks. Mr. Parks was a Barber and also active in the civil rights movement. Rosa Parks worked as a seamstress at Montgomery Fair Department Store. Mrs. Parks also worked as a housekeeper for a white couple, Clifford and Virginia Durr.
Rosa Parks set the mark for Boycotting. After
As she rode the bus home, the bus filled and soon the white half of the bus was full, leaving white passengers standing. The bus driver stopped the bus and told the first row of black passengers to get up; the other three passengers in Rosa's row did so, but Rosa refused. Rosa was arrested for her refusal to give up her seat. Following her arrest, the NAACP organized a bus boycott in support of Rosa and racial equality. Rosa refusing to give up her seat gained respect as well as started uproar of protesting. Not only did her being arrested for not giving up her seat on the bus change things positively but also it affected her in a much more negative way. She was dismissed from her job, received threats, and was hassled, as were many who supported the bus boycott and the Civil Rights movement. Her health was also negatively affected. In addition, Parks had some disagreements with leaders of the movement in Montgomery including King. In 1957, she and her husband left Alabama and moved first to Virginia and later to Detroit, Michigan, with Parks'
Mrs. Parks had a life outside of the office and NAACP even though her passion was to stop segregation. “While some segregationists turned to violence, the African-American community of Montgomery held strongly together as the nation and even the world watched. In November of 1956, the United States Supreme Court outlawed further segregation on buses. Following, Parks moved to Virginia and found a job working at an inn. Eventually, her and her husband moved to Detroit, Michigan to be near Rosa’s family (biographyshelf.com).” Rosa was so into her thrust for equality that sometimes she left her husband, Mr. Parks, hanging. Towards the middle of the movie Mr. and Mrs. Parks began to have difficulties due to her being in the line of fire because of her courage. Mr. Parks believed that he would lose his wife because people such as Klu Klux Klan were after her and their family. Rosa Parks influenced a lot of people. Once it was heard that Mrs. Parks had been arrested the whole entire town was amazed and would do anything to help her. In a documentary posted on acheivemnet.org, Rosa Parks stated, “Actually, it began as soon as it was announced. It was put in the paper that I had been arrested. Mr. E.D. Nixon was the legal redress chairman of the Montgomery branch of the NAACP, and he made a number of calls during the night, called a number of