Rosa Parks

On December 1, 1951, Rosa Parks did something completely unexpected. She didn't give her bus seat up to a white working class man. She had sparked a revolution for the African Americans, at the same time of her arrest for breaking the Jim Crowe laws, there were boycotts of the Montgomery bus system. This event was a major catalyst of the black rights movement.


How important to the black rights movement do you think this was?

Cites:

"Rosa Parks Bus - The Story Behind the Bus." America's Greatest History Destination - The Henry Ford. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Oct. 2012. <http://www.thehenryford.org/exhibits/rosaparks/story.asp>.