1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott
Rosa Parks defied the law which prohibited African Americans to take a seat in the white section of the bus.
Stepping onto the bus for the ride home Rosa Parks sat in the fifth row — the first row of the colored section. Montgomery bus driver James Blake ordered Parks and three other African Americans seated nearby to move ("Move y'all, I want those two seats,") to the back of the bus.
In Douglas Brinkley's 2000 Rosa Park's biography. "Are you going to stand up?" the driver demanded. Rosa Parks looked straight at him and said: "No." Flustered, and not quite sure what to do, Blake retorted, "Well, I'm going to have you arrested." And Parks, still sitting next to the window, replied softly, "You may do that."
Stepping onto the bus for the ride home Rosa Parks sat in the fifth row — the first row of the colored section. Montgomery bus driver James Blake ordered Parks and three other African Americans seated nearby to move ("Move y'all, I want those two seats,") to the back of the bus.
In Douglas Brinkley's 2000 Rosa Park's biography. "Are you going to stand up?" the driver demanded. Rosa Parks looked straight at him and said: "No." Flustered, and not quite sure what to do, Blake retorted, "Well, I'm going to have you arrested." And Parks, still sitting next to the window, replied softly, "You may do that."
"Is it ever okay to question authority?"
In Douglas Brinkley's 2000 Rosa Parks's biography, the words "no" and "You may do that" had communicated strength and fearlessness on Rosa Park's behalf. She had been very defiant with her actions; opposing the authority of the white bus driver. Yet, why had Rosa Parks done this? Was it her intention to get arrested? And were her actions on behalf of the African American segregation? All three questions had answered the each other. Being that Rosa Parks had come on the bus with the intention of making a statement. This statement would create the foundation for protests and question. To conclude, Rosa Parks had shown that it is okay to question authority, especially when you feel it communicates good morals, where in this instance Rosa Parks had.
Relationships with Antigone
Both Antigone and Rosa Parks had disobeyed a set law in place of their own morals. In addition, both of their actions had triggered a chain of events. For Rosa Parks, her nonviolent protest on the Montgomery Bus had launched Martin Luther King's boycott of Montgomery Buses. For Antigone, the unlawful action of setting her brother, Polynices, to rest had had been the cause of her exile, death, death of Haemon and his mother.