Rosa Parks

Rosa Parks

"People always say that I didn't give up my seat because I was tired, but that isn't true. I was not tired physically, or no more tired than I usually was at the end of a working day. I was not old, although some people have an image of me as being old then. I was forty-two. No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in." 

Amazingly brave and sticking to her convictions, Ms. Parks changed America. In her quiet defiance, her actions spoke with such fierceness. This powerful woman with such grace and class, defied the ignorant, and taught America that equality was for all.