rosa parks:reliving the past

It has been almost fifty years since that event occurred. But, whenever I reflect back on it, the same emotions bubble inside of me. As the memories unfold in my mind like pictures from a photo album, my heart beats faster. My palms get sweaty. My knees even get weak just as they did that day. I know many history books never discuss my how I was feeling that day. So, I am often portrayed as being this sort of “fearless” woman that felt nothing but determination to right the wrongs in our society. Whether it is being black, white, gay, straight, left-handed, or right-handed, all people deserve to be treated with equality and fairness. I always have and always will feel that if I can change society for the better I will try. But at the same rate, I am a human being, capable of having different emotions be aroused inside of me based on incidents that occur in my life.
That say, when I refused to give up my seat for that white man on the bus, different emotions boiled inside of ...