Historical Figure Writing Prompt Example

A Meeting with Rosa Parks I had been waiting for this day to come for over two months. This was when I had been granted permission to interview Rosa Parks from the Supernatural Interview Coalition; this is an incredible honor because they only allow interviews with the deceased three times per year. I couldn’t wait to meet this incredible woman! As I walked into the Montgomery, Alabama bus station, there were people swarming all around me. The air was hot and humid because it was mid-July, and in Alabama the summers can be very uncomfortable! I could smell the coffee cart brewing its morning batches of coffee and the cookies and scones that would be served throughout the day. As I was debating about buying an iced coffee and a muffin, I saw her. She was walking toward me with a steady gait and her chin held high. Her coffee colored skin glistened from sweat, and her black hair was pulled back into a severe bun probably to make her feel cooler. As she got closer, I stood with my hand out ready to shake her hand. “Hello, Mrs. Parks. It’s such an honor to meet you,” I greeted her with a smile on my face. “I am happy to be meeting you as well, my dear,” she replied with a small smile.
“I am so excited to talk with you. I have many questions I’d like to ask if that’s okay. Would you like to sit here or would somewhere else be better?” I asked before sitting down.
“Here will be fine, dear,” she replied as she sat next to me on the wooden bench. As she sat next to me, I debated about what question I should ask first. I decided that I would plunge right in with her role in the Civil Rights movement. I didn’t want to make her uncomfortable, but I just couldn’t wait any longer to find out more about this brave and amazing woman. “Mrs. Parks, what was it like to live as an African-American woman before the Civil Rights movement?” I asked nervously with my pen and yellow notebook ready to write as soon as she began. “Well, it was extremely difficult to say