Rosa Parks

Many people know the man named Martin Luther King Jr. How he became a famous African American political figure is evident; he spoke out against laws that treated people of color unfairly. Before his rise to fame there was a key incident that launched him into the spotlight. The person responsible for this incident inspired others to rise to action. Rosa Parks forever changed the way that our society viewed African American’s. Rosa Parks …

…Spingarn Medal, the Martin Luther King Jr. Nonviolent Peace Prize, and the Eleanor Roosevelt Women of Courage Award (Miller 24). On that cool December day in 1955 Rosa Parks looked straight down at the white man and decide that enough was enough. Her courage and strength forever changer the way that man viewed the African American Race. I hope that we, as an American society, learn from her struggle and stand up for what we believe in.