Rosa Parks: Et vidnes perspektiv

Rosa Parks refuses to get off her bus seat on the 1st of December 1955.

I was a witness in the Rosa Parks incident. It was the 1st of December 1955. I was heading to work thinking it would be a regular Thursday. The incident happened on the Montgomery bus, and it was a very crowded bus today meaning there were also a lot of white Americans. Whereas the Montgomery bus is normally filled with African Americans and not white Americans. I calmly walked to the end of the bus as usual and looked for a seat. While looking for one I spotted a very courageous and confident woman sitting on a seat that was meant for white people rather than sitting in the back. Looking at the courageous black woman Rosa Parks sparked a little flame inside of me. Although this little flame tried to convince me to sit next to her rather than sitting in the back, luckily my logical brain insisted and removed this flame from my system. I walked disappointedly to the back and sat in my usual warm seat rather than sitting next to Rosa Parks. Perhaps I didn’t get this ridiculous flame out of my system. This thought of sitting next to her kept crossing my mind even though I know what happens when black people sit in the front. The white people in the bus were weirdly staring at this Rosa Parks. Suddenly I saw an old white woman whisper something to Rosa Parks. Eventually, she stopped whispering to her, and Rosa Parks calmly shook her head both ways. To be honest, I wasn’t quite sure what she was being told, but suddenly the old woman talked with a louder tone. Suddenly an old white man entered the bus, he noticed the Courageous Rosa Parks but continued to look for another seat in the front. Unfortunately, there wasn’t one, and you could tell the old man didn’t know whether to stand up or tell ask her to find a seat in the back. He walked up to her calmly and told her nicely to please get in the back because it’s supposed to be his seat. She shook her head both ways, and he gave up but some of the angry white people on the bus told her off, but she refused to give up her seat. Therefore, they called the police, and she was being harassed. Shortly after she was dragged off the bus while screaming. In the start, I thought this was a very courageous act but look at the outcome. I was very reluctant to demonstrate, but luckily, I met lots of people who convinced me otherwise. This Rosa Parks incident sparked a huge debate in America, and everyone started talking about it. Rosa Parks made the flame, and we African Americans added wood to this fire and made it even bigger.