Intro:

The historic struggle of the African-American woman goes beyond what one could imagine. From the beginning the African-American race has continuously dealt with oppression and brutality as a whole. For the women it went beyond just that. The various roles they were expected to take on daily created massive amounts of stress and pressures often leading to involvement crime: Mother, daughter, slave, activist, feminist, wife, girlfriend, student, teacher, employee, leaders, and revolutionists. Take a look at stories from African-American history's most known and unknown women.

Monday, December 6, 2010

Rosa Parks: the revolutionary.*


 (Our rendition of a snippet from one of her many interviews)
Even though Parks was not the first to refuse to give up a seat on the Montgomery bus system, her status in the community and as secretary of the NAACP, magnified the event.  The events that took place after this solidified Parks as "the first lady of the civil rights" with this incident sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott.  After her release from jail, Ms.Parks collaborated with local civil rights leaders; the leader of the boycott being Martin Luther King, Jr.
Even though was praised and continues to be praised today, she suffered for her resistance.  She lost her job as seamstress at the department store and eventually had to move to Michigan.  From 1965-1988, Parks served as the secretary and receptionist to US Representative John Conyers.  She retired and wrote her own autobiography.  
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