Rosa Parks: The Fight For Women's Rights
“Blacks are direct decedent of the greatest race who ever peopled the earth” (Rosa Parks 1). That was a quote from a woman who faced hard times with segregation and also with women rights. Rosa Parks a women’s rights activist, Civil rights activist and a woman who wouldn’t give up her seat for a white man made her a real hero.
Getting rights for woman was hard for parks considering that in those times woman where only support to be in the kitchen. First, Parks life changed when she found out that women had lesser rights than men. One Big moment for parks was when E.D Nixon countably repeated “woman don’t need to be nowhere but in the kitchen” (Montgomery boycott 5). This statement suggests that he believed that women should only be in the kitchen and clean. Next, she was one of the only woman civil rights activist back then. Stated in the magazine Talking Points Parks was the one of the only important and involved woman in the civil rights movement (8). This shows she was one of the most …show more content…
She spoke out about her feelings with black people’s rights. Parks Stated That “Blacks where the direct dependence of the greatest peopled who inhabited the earth” (“Rosa Parks” 4). This evidence shows that parks was a big help to the civil rights movement. Then, she became part of NAACP. Parks joined NAACP and soon became Montgomery NAACP secretary and she worked closely with the local NAACP leader (“Rosa Parks” 5). This evidence shows that she was able to help blacks earn rights back. Last, Parks did many things to help blacks in her community. Parks began to agitate for higher salaries for black teachers and that took parks 20 years to do that but in 1945 teachers' pay was equalized (Schooled rights 2). This supports the statement by showing what parks did to help blacks for their rights. Parks was a great civil rights activist kind of like when she wouldn't give up her seat for a white
Getting rights for woman was hard for parks considering that in those times woman where only support to be in the kitchen. First, Parks life changed when she found out that women had lesser rights than men. One Big moment for parks was when E.D Nixon countably repeated “woman don’t need to be nowhere but in the kitchen” (Montgomery boycott 5). This statement suggests that he believed that women should only be in the kitchen and clean. Next, she was one of the only woman civil rights activist back then. Stated in the magazine Talking Points Parks was the one of the only important and involved woman in the civil rights movement (8). This shows she was one of the most …show more content…
She spoke out about her feelings with black people’s rights. Parks Stated That “Blacks where the direct dependence of the greatest peopled who inhabited the earth” (“Rosa Parks” 4). This evidence shows that parks was a big help to the civil rights movement. Then, she became part of NAACP. Parks joined NAACP and soon became Montgomery NAACP secretary and she worked closely with the local NAACP leader (“Rosa Parks” 5). This evidence shows that she was able to help blacks earn rights back. Last, Parks did many things to help blacks in her community. Parks began to agitate for higher salaries for black teachers and that took parks 20 years to do that but in 1945 teachers' pay was equalized (Schooled rights 2). This supports the statement by showing what parks did to help blacks for their rights. Parks was a great civil rights activist kind of like when she wouldn't give up her seat for a white