Question

ALTHOUGH THE CITY OF DETROIT ATTEMPTED TO BE PROGRESSIVE, ROSA PARKS NOTICED NUMEROUS SIGNS OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST AFRICAN-AMERICANS. WHAT WERE THEY?

Answer 1

Rosa Parks found that schools in Detroit were racially segregated. There was segregation among African-Americans and whites, in housing. Services provided to black neighbourhoods were also found to be lacking and sub-standard.

Rosa Louise McCauley Parks (1913 – 2005) was an American activist who is known for her stance against discrimination and civil rights. She was known as the ‘Mother of the Freedom Movement’ as well as ‘First Lady of Civil Rights’.