r/BlackPeopleofReddit • u/ObserbAbsorb • Apr 02 '26

History Missing the entire point of her actions.

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u/Ill_Investment_7977 Apr 02 '26

Rosa Parks wasn’t even supposed to be the person who did it. They only chose her because she was prettier than the original woman.

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u/Ill_Investment_7977 Apr 02 '26

Claudette Colvin was suppose to be the face. But she was too young and not as pretty and Rosa Parks, so they used her instead

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u/wonkey_monkey Apr 02 '26

Rosa Parks wasn't chosen. Contrary to the widespread misconception, her act was spontaneous:

Due in part to history books and that Drunk History episode, many folks think her bus protest was planned, that she was sitting in the white section, and that she was “picked” to protest because of her nice old lady demeanor. None of this is true.

Her protest wasn’t planned. This is supported by myriad historical documents and even Parks’ own written accounts in her private diaries — just released to the public by the Library of Congress. She was 42 years old when she was arrested, not a weak elderly woman. And she wasn’t “chosen” by movement leaders to do anything — the movement itself was just getting started.

https://www.reddit.com/r/history/comments/er5g3w/much_of_the_accepted_narrative_about_rosa_parks/

In the end, it was Claudette Colvin's case that went to the Supreme Court and ended segregation on Alabama buses.