Martin Luther King Jr was a Christian minister in the United States of America (USA) in the 1950s and 1960s. He spent much of his life fighting for equality (equal rights) for people of colour. At the time, there were laws that kept black and white people separated - they went to different schools, used different toilets, and even sat in different parts of a bus and ate in different areas of a restaurant. This was called ‘segregation.’
Dr King did not agree with these laws and he led many protests against them. He was joined in his protests by many people, including an African American woman named Rosa Parks. In 1955, Rosa boarded a bus in Alabama (USA) and when the bus filled up with people, she refused to give up her seat to a white passenger. You can read about this famous incident here and watch a video about Rosa Parks here.
The brave actions of people like Martin Luther King Jr and Rosa Parks were instrumental in changing the way that African Americans (people of colour) were treated in the United States.
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My Learning:
Rosa Parks story began when she was on a bus she was told by the bus driver to get off the
chair so that the white person can get on the chair, then Rosa said “no” to the bus driver and
wouldn't give up her seat on the bus because she really didn't like that white people and black
people had to do different things!! Well when this happened she was sent to jail and fined for
breaking segregation laws. Rosa refused and argued that the law was wrong!
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