Do you want the altright to be your own hugbox of fringe politics ? The Altright , objectively , did have positive media coverage and that is gone now probably forever . <| sep |> Well , kind of . She protested purposefully and with an understanding that to protest in that era and that place may lead to an unjust arrest , a consequence which she was willing to accept for the cause of social justice for her people . So , yeah , she got arrested on purpose , as did many people who participated in sitins , doing absolutely nothing wrong , but understanding that segregation laws must be shown , must be illustrated , by someone bearing the consequences that come along with protesting an unjust law . Didn ' t make her arrest just , correct , in line with professed American values , or even necessarily Constitutional . But , hell yeah , Rosa Parks wasn ' t just a tired , working woman . She was also a savvy , intelligent , wise , nonviolent woman who was willing to accept some temporary discomfort for a greater cause that she ' d been fighting all her damn life . That fantastic woman actually managed to pass , with several tries and practice , that confusing , backwardsass joke of a literacy test Alabama used to disenfranchise black voters .