Rosa Parks

Rosa Louise McCauley Parks (February 4, 1913 – October 24, 2005) was an African-American civil rights activist. On December 1, 1955 in Montgomery Alabama, Parks, age 42, refused to obey bus driver's order that she gives up her seat to make room for a white passenger. Parks' action sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Parks' act of defiance became an important symbol of the modern Civil Rights Movement and Parks became an international icon of resistance to racial segregation. She organized and collaborated with civil rights leaders, including boycott leader Martin Luther King Jr, helping to launch him to national prominence in the civil rights movement.


So I am very proud that black women have had such courage. Because we call us weaker sex,and these women have shown that we can stand up to anyone and we are strong. By their actions they have struggled against racism.