Rosa parks is often associated with being a kindly woman who was too tired to give up a seat to a white person on a segregated bus. but in reality, her taking the seat was a civil rights protest that launched the montgomery bus boycott which resulted in the browder v. gayle federal ruling declaring the alabama laws requiring segregated buses to be unconstitutional. for her participation, mrs. parks was arrested for civil disobedience. why would the naacp member rosa parks have participated in this type of protest?
rosa parks had a lot of friends who would support her.
rosa parks was an experienced activist who could handle the fallout of the arrest.
rosa parks knew martin luther king jr. and would be able to influence his participation in montgomery, alabama.
african american women were not lynched or beaten during the struggle for civil rights.
she knew mlk right or the