Rosa Parks’ Quiet Courage

Rosa Parks was not loud, impulsive, or seeking attention. She was a quiet,

disciplined woman who believed deeply in dignity. On December 1, 1955,

after a long day of work in Montgomery, Alabama, she refused to give up her seat on a

segregated bus. It wasn’t because she was physically tired — she later said she was tired

of giving in. Her arrest sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott, a 381-day act of

collective resistance that reshaped the American civil rights movement and helped bring Martin Luther

King Jr. to national prominence. Parks endured threats, job loss, and hardship,

yet she never framed herself as a hero. She understood something profound: courage doesn’t always look