As you all may know is that Rosa Park is famous for refusing to move on a desegregated bus. Everybody in school always honor her and give her praise but do most know that she was not the FIRST? That is right, as some people may find that surprising it is true. It actually came shocking to me, because she is the only person that is ever talked about. There are actually two women name Claudette Colvin and Mary Louise Smith who were technically the first and the second. The reason why nobody wanted to speak up for them on their behalf was because their backgrounds were not clean and flawless. It would not look good for “white America” and they would dig up some dirt and use it against them. Rosa Parks fits that description and so they basically took her under their wings. It is a shame to think back in those days they were trying to present the perfect imagine instead of fighting for justice. Who cares what they would have thought it is all about achieving justice for that person? It makes me wonder.

Claudette Colvin

Mary Louise Smith