Rosa Parks Was Justified

Travis W., 11, CIS

        Even after the Civil War in the 1800s, racism and segregation still remained in America. In 1955, Rosa Parks was arrested after refusing to give up her seat to a white man on the bus. I believe that she was justified because she was standing up for what she believed in, the law was unfair, and she did not fight back and let herself get arrested.

        Rose Parks was standing up for her beliefs. She was a civil rights example-setter and she was also an example for the black people to give their complaints to the Supreme Court. At the time, the law was heavily favoured to the white people, but she believed that everyone should have been treated fairly and that everyone was created equal by God. Some people are scared to put their voices out to the public. However, Rosa Parks was brave enough to give out her opinion and let everyone know about her thoughts toward the unfair law. Everyone should stand up for their beliefs and give people their opinion no matter the consequences.

        The law was mightily unfair at the time of Rosa Parks’s arrest. Black people had a lot of unfair opportunities and black people in other words were not as good as white people. Nobody wants to be treated badly and everyone wants to have an equal opportunity and to be treated fairly. As people, we all have rights to food, shelter, medical attention and the right to speak out. At the time, black people were denied some of these rights or were given rights that gave them less freedom. When Rosa Parks got arrested on the bus, she was denied of the right to speak out, so in a way, the government and Rosa Parks were breaking the law.

        Rosa Parks did not fight back or resist arrest against the police and let the police arrest her. She did not act like the psychopaths you see on television and start yelling and try escaping. She was calm and was able to control her feelings against an unfair law. People should respect her for how she acted dignified and obedient under an unfair law.

        Rosa Parks acted how everyone should under terrible conditions. She was standing up for what she believed was right, she fought an unfair law and she was nonviolent at her arrest. People who believed that she was acting rebellious should think that she was a brave person fighting for civil rights.