Rosa Parks: “One Person can Change the World”

Rosa Louise McCauley (later Rosa Parks) was born on February 4, 1913 in Tuskegee, Alabama. She was partly of African ancestry, though one of her great-grandfathers was Scottish-Irish and one of her great-grandmothers was a Native-American slave. When her parents separated, she was raised by her maternal grandparents on a farm on the outskirts of Montgomery, Alabama. 

Rosa Parks. 1913 – 2005

When she was seated on a bus on December 1, 1955, in Montgomery, Alabama, the bus driver James F. Blake ordered her to vacate her seat located in a row of four seats in the “colored” section to accommodate a white passenger, because the “white” section was filled. When she refused, she was arrested for civil disobedience. Her refusal to be victimized by a discriminatory law led to a court decision in 1956 ruling, that bus segregation is unconstitutional under the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Roas will remain a symbol of the black struggle for equal rights under the American Constitution. She is also a reminder of the importance of civil disobedience when human rights are compromised.

Reflecting on past events, Rosa once observed, “One person can change the world.” …and she did.

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