Parks was often overlooked as a leader during her own time because she was a Black woman. As much as some readers want to believe racism was exclusive to the Southern states, both Parks and her husband experienced bigotry during their time in Michigan.
After the bus incident, she and her husband were fired from their jobs, which led to their eventual move to Detroit. Parks and her family endured criticism, threatening phone calls, and police brutality. The full story is more traumatic and heartrending than the textbook portrayal of a tired seamstress who refused to give up her seat.
The act of protest on the bus, which led to a 381-day bus boycott and the eventual desegregation of public transportation, is only one example of her activism. Martin Luther King Jr., and she attended the rallies of Malcolm X. Parks was one of the few women who held an office in the NAACP. She fought for the rights of Black people, especially Black women, for over 60 years. Readers will see a pattern of rebellion that started when Parks was a young girl and never really ended until her death in 2005. Gr 6 Up–The name Rosa Parks conjures images of her most famous act of defiance: refusing to give up her seat to a white man on a segregated bus in Montgomery, AL.
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