How Did Rosa Parks Affect The Civil Rights Movement
Thanks to the courage of Rosa Parks, just one bus trip changed the future of the whole nation and had a huge impact on the movement in support of civil rights throughout the world.
At that time in America, and especially in the southern states, the so-called laws of Jim Crow, adopted after the Civil War, were being operated. These acts concerned almost every aspect of the everyday life of the representatives of the colored population and severely restricted their rights: for blacks, there were separate cafes and restaurants, their own hairdressers,and special waiting rooms. Note that there were not any school buses for colored people in the South of America...
In Montgomery, as in other cities in the United States, there were complex rules …show more content…
She paid the fare and crouched behind, in one of the first rows of the "colored" section. As they moved along the route, the "white" places quickly filled up, and the driver told Rosa and other black passengers to change their seats. Later, she confessed: "When he came to us and with a wave of his hand indicated where we should move, I somehow suddenly felt an unprecedented determination." Seated next to Parks, the black passengers walked back as it was a usual thing, but she did not budge. An indignant driver asked her: "Why don't you get up?" - "Do I really have to?" Rosa asked calmly. The indignant driver called the police. Some people back then accused that her behavior was a well-planned provocation. Others claimed that the reason for the unprecedented courage was her fatigue, because Rosa Parks herself repeatedly stated during the trial: "I just wanted to safely get home”.It might be true, but this act caused a powerful wave of indignation in the United States, which, as a result, washed away the legislative grounds for
At that time in America, and especially in the southern states, the so-called laws of Jim Crow, adopted after the Civil War, were being operated. These acts concerned almost every aspect of the everyday life of the representatives of the colored population and severely restricted their rights: for blacks, there were separate cafes and restaurants, their own hairdressers,and special waiting rooms. Note that there were not any school buses for colored people in the South of America...
In Montgomery, as in other cities in the United States, there were complex rules …show more content…
She paid the fare and crouched behind, in one of the first rows of the "colored" section. As they moved along the route, the "white" places quickly filled up, and the driver told Rosa and other black passengers to change their seats. Later, she confessed: "When he came to us and with a wave of his hand indicated where we should move, I somehow suddenly felt an unprecedented determination." Seated next to Parks, the black passengers walked back as it was a usual thing, but she did not budge. An indignant driver asked her: "Why don't you get up?" - "Do I really have to?" Rosa asked calmly. The indignant driver called the police. Some people back then accused that her behavior was a well-planned provocation. Others claimed that the reason for the unprecedented courage was her fatigue, because Rosa Parks herself repeatedly stated during the trial: "I just wanted to safely get home”.It might be true, but this act caused a powerful wave of indignation in the United States, which, as a result, washed away the legislative grounds for