Thank you Rosa Park For My Civil Rights

On December 1, 1955, in Montgomery, Alabama, an African-American civil rights activist refused to give up her bus seat to a white passenger and was arrested for civil disobedience. Though Rosa Park did not know it at the time, but her act of defiance became a catalyst to the 381 day Montgomery Bus Boycott. She became a prominent symbol for the modern Civil Rights Movement.  She became an international icon of resistance to racial segregation. She organized and collaborated with civil rights leaders, including Edgar Nixon,  president of the local chapter of the NAACP; and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Her simple yet significant stance paved the way for equality.  What Edmund Burke said is true, "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men (or women) do nothing." There were four passengers that were asked to move that fateful day. She was the only one that did not move. Mrs. Parks could have easily given up her seat to the white passenger and gone to the back and continue on with her life, but she didn't. She saw the evil that was in this world and did something about it. She had the courage and strength to make a difference.

 In her autobiography, My Story she said:

"People always say that I didn't give up my seat because I was tired, but that isn't true. I was not tired physically, or no more tired than I usually was at the end of a working day. I was not old, although some people have an image of me as being old then. I was forty-two. No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in."


Thank you, Lord for Rosa Parks!

I'm thankful to the first lady of civil rights for her work in the Movement. I'm thankful that she didn't stop fighting until equality was given. I'm thankful that I was given a chance to grow up in a world where I am not judged by the color of my skin but by the content of my character. (MLK Jr.)
Though she is no longer with us I would like to extend my deepest gratitude to the mother of the freedom movement. Thank You, Rosa Parks. Thank you for making this world a better place.