Rosa Parks is an African American woman, during the civil rights movement, who put her name in the history books, and became a role model for everyone when she performed a very courageous act. Growing up around racism and poverty as a kid sparked a deep hatred for racism against blacks. She joined the N.A.A.C.P. were she met people of all colors, fighting for everyone to be equal. On December 1st, 1955, Rosa was arrested when she didn’t give up a seat on a bus to a white man. Rosa was raised in an environment where there was poverty around her, this led her to join the N.A.A.C.P. and her life took a sharp turn when she was arrested for standing up for herself. Rosa Parks environment as a child contained racism and poverty. “She knew poverty
