What did Rosa Parks believe in?

Rosa Parks, the "Mother of the Civil Rights Movement," visited the Scholastic website in January and February 1997 to answer questions from students. ... I did not sit at the very front of the bus; I took a seat with a man who was next to the window -- the first seat that was allowed for "colored" people to sit in. read more

She was the right person in the right place a the right time. She had the quite and unassuming reserve that inspired people to do great things. Every American should know the story of Rosa Parks. Rosa Parks was a special influence on a large number of people at a critical time and place in American history. read more

In 1999, Rosa Parks, the civil-rights heroine, was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal, the highest honor that can be given to a civilian. Parks received the award because nearly half a century ago, she changed the course of American history when she refused to give up her bus seat to a white man. read more

By refusing to give up her seat to a white man on a Montgomery, Alabama, city bus in 1955, black seamstress Rosa Parks (1913—2005) helped initiate the civil rights movement in the United States. The leaders of the local black community organized a bus boycott that began the day Parks was convicted of violating the segregation laws. read more