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I read somewhere that Rosa Parks refusing to move to the back of the bus was completely orchestrated and there were a group of people involved in making that happen. It wasn't just a woman on a bus and it organically happened out of the blue. Either way though, it was something that had to happen and she had the guts to do it.
I read somewhere that Rosa Parks refusing to move to the back of the bus was completely orchestrated and there were a group of people involved in making that happen. It wasn't just a woman on a bus and it organically happened out of the blue. Either way though, it was something that had to happen and she had the guts to do it.
This is correct. It was completely planned in advance through the NAACP, as part of the Civil Rights movement. And the narrator in the video gave the time frame incorrectly; it happened in the mid-50's, not the 60's.
OP is why I do not accept most youtube videos to be accurate sources of anything.
What Camilla and Ruth mentioned is correct. The Montgomery Bus Boycott occurred in the 1950s, not 1960s. Also Rosa Parks was a very experienced Civil Rights activist. She was middle class, had a good reputation and was light skinned and her being arrested and the local chapter of the NAACP using her arrest to galvanize a protest was a planned event. Most Civil Rights incidences were planned events.
There was an Alabama teenage girl who shortly before the Rosa Parks incident had done a similar act of defiance, but the NAACP did not latch onto her case, feeling that she was an unwed mother and the public would likely scorn her.
OP is why I do not accept most youtube videos to be accurate sources of anything.
What Camilla and Ruth mentioned is correct. The Montgomery Bus Boycott occurred in the 1950s, not 1960s. Also Rosa Parks was a very experienced Civil Rights activist. She was middle class, had a good reputation and was light skinned and her being arrested and the local chapter of the NAACP using her arrest to galvanize a protest was a planned event. Most Civil Rights incidences were planned events.
If you watched the video, in the footer, there is a note that says "actual occurrence was in 1955"
It's important to note that some accounts (one is below) report that Rosa Parks was already seated in the black section of the filled-up bus when the white man ordered her to vacate her seat for him. She refused.
Rosa Parks was a NAACP employee, and planted on that bus. It was orchestrated. However, it did accomplish the intended uproar, and eventually led to the Civil Rights Act of 1964 which was a good thing.
If you watched the video, in the footer, there is a note that says "actual occurrence was in 1955"
I didn't watch the video. Primarily because, as I noted, I don't consider videos to be valid sources unless they are by people who are lecturers who provide a list of source material, which is not often.
The title of this thread regarding the "real reason" reminded me of propaganda. I don't often allow myself to experience propagandized material.
Also, I know about the reason why Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat. It was a planned event as noted - she was following the plan. At the time about 75% of riders of the Montgomery buses were black. Many of them had already been arrested/jailed and this was planned in order to rile up the community and galvanize them into supporting a boycott. I don't need a video to tell me this because I read books and was even blessed to have met Rosa Parks when I was a teenager at an event about the significance and history of the bus boycott.
I read somewhere that Rosa Parks refusing to move to the back of the bus was completely orchestrated and there were a group of people involved in making that happen. It wasn't just a woman on a bus and it organically happened out of the blue. Either way though, it was something that had to happen and she had the guts to do it.
False. Civil rights groups had been planting protesters on buses in the hope of a case going to court for some time, but prosecutors didn't take the bait and all those charges were dropped. A couple of teenage girls who weren't part of the protests were charged before Parks, but NAACP officials didn't feel they would make good cases for various reasons. Rosa Parks really just didn't want to give up her seat.
One thing many people aren't aware of is that Parks was originally seated in the black section of the bus, but when the white section filled up the she refused to move to make more room for white folks.
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