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It takes a lot of courage to stand up for something that is morally right, especially in a time when standing for what's right was not popular, due to the results that would follow after. Rosa Parks in the year of 1955, as many know it, kept sitting to stand up for what's right, and furthermore human rights. Although she was jailed and fined, her bravery helped society in many ways, like the end of the segregated transportation law posed by Jim Crow. Mrs. Parks did not care about the odds against her nor the criticism; in an era of ample bias against people of color. This sites content is useful in exploring week two's image of race in America, because it places focus on how change "can" happen with just one person, in the toughest of social times. A focus on courage not just for self help but for all (as Mrs. Parks was a member of the NAACP; an organization up in arms with the Jim Crow laws) who were the victims and the conscious or unconscious offenders, a social movement that was another zenith to the ascent of man. Heidi Beckles

The site discusses how in March of 2013, President Obama honored Rosa Parks by dedicating a statue in her honor in the Capitol building in Washington D.C. According to the site, Rosa Parks served as an inspiration to stand up against injustice. The same site talks about bus segregation in Israel where there are now separate bus lines for Palestinians. This site is useful in exploring the image because it shows how important that day was in American history. It brought the country together in so many way. So much so that today there is a statue in the United States Capitol Building.