Rosa Parks's Big Struggle For Change

Rosa parks was a brave woman who struggled for change by wanting equality for not only herself, but for other colored people too. Parks struggled for change in the 1950’s. This was a time when colored people and white people were still segregated. What motivated Parks and most other colored people was that they wanted to change how the world viewed them. At the time, colored people were viewed unequally. They didn’t have the same rights that white people did, and they also had to have everything separate. This includes bathrooms, grocery stores, water fountains, education, hospitals, etc. This created a very big struggle for change.

Rosa Parks was born in Alabama on February 4, 1913. Her mother was a teacher and they all valued education.
Parks said she, “...felt a determination cover my body like a quilt on a winter night.” (History) Rosa was charged with a violation of Chapter 6, Section 11 segregation law of the Montgomery City code. After her boycott, she continued to work on Civil Rights. She moved to Detroit and founded the Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self-Development. “The organization run ‘Pathways to Freedom’ bus tours, introducing young people to important Civil Rights and Underground Railroad sites throughout the country.” (Bio.) Parks received many deserving awards for her act of courage.

In conclusion, being brave and courageous does pay off. People who really want to make a change, will find a way to do it just like Rosa Parks did. Parks said, “I was fortunate God provided me with the strength I needed at the precise time conditions were ripe for change. I am thankful to him every day that he gave me the strength not to move.” (Us Embassy) Rosa Parks in known for being the “Mother of the Civil Rights Movement”. She didn’t like the way people viewed her, so she did something about it. Parks sparked a revolution just by doing something so