The Influence Of The Civil Rights Movement: Rosa Parks

It took leaders to step up and fight for what's right even if they knew their actions could end in tragic conflict . Courageous leaders such as Rosa Parks, of the people steps up through all the hate and segregation that was being portrayed throughout the South. The Civil Rights Movement was Primarily evoked and influenced by Ms. Parks courageous and dangerous move because it inspires African Americans to rise up throughout all the hate and violence. A connection I can make to Ms. Parks courageous move is almost the same move that Katniss Everdeen made when she didn't want Peeta to die so she sacrificed wheels and him by threatening the capital that she was going to eat the poisonous berries along with peeta therefore not crowning a victor.

The motivation was simple as Rosa Parks stated “ The only tired I was, was tired of giving in.”. (on refusing to give up her seat on the bus to a white male) This was a very courageous move made by Rosa to evoke hope and inspire other people to stand up to this injustice. She is a figurehead of the civil rights movement and this statement helped me understand what sparked the civil rights movement. Rosa parks even states, “I knew someone had to take the first step and I made up my mind not to move”. (on refusing to give up her seat on the bus to a white male). Rosa Parks understood she was making the first step to freedom and she also knew there would be consequences. Although there might have been another primary reason on why Rosa didn't move seats such as her frustration of constantly being directed to the back by whites overlapping a greater cause, the situation overall played an important role in The Civil Rights Movement for African Americans giving them hope and an example that a little can lead to a