What are some of Rosa Parks achievements?

Answer 1

She really didn't have any leadership qualities to speak of. Her choice to protest came at the right time, with the right media coverage to get visibility. Had nobody taken notice of her actions, her name would never have been in print, and nobody would have ever known or cared.

Answer 2

She helped to change history by ending the segregation laws that had ruled the lives of black Americans since the end of slavery. Rosa Parks' simple act of defiance of the segregation laws that ruled the lives of black Americans and limited black Americans access to public services and accommodations set off a series of protest movements that brought these inequities to the attention of all Americans and eventually succeeded in overturning laws of discrimination.

On December 1, 1955, a normal day on her way home from work as a seamstress at a department store in downtown Montgomery Alabama, Rosa sat in the section of the bus which was designated by a sign as the seats for 'colored'. Eventually, all of the seats in the designated section for white passengers filled up and some white people were standing. The bus driver moved the sign back a few rows and told the seated black passengers to move back in the bus. Three of the black passengers in Rosa's row stood up, but Rosa did not; she refused. She had refused to comply with the segregation rules on the bus before and the driver had put her off the bus but this time the driver got a policeman and had her arrested.

Rosa and her husband Raymond had both been members of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) for many years and knew that the time had come to defy these segregation laws. The day after her arrest, representatives of that organization bailed her out of jail and the organization decided that her arrest was the example that they needed to publicize the need to overturn these laws. They organized the Montgomery bus boycott which encouraged all black citizens to stop using the city buses. The boycott was very effective because 75% of Montgomery's bus riders were black. Their efforts resulted in the Alabama supreme court overturning the bus segregation laws, which in turn empowered other groups in many places to stage formal protests against all segregation laws and eventually led to a national civil rights act to protect the rights of all Americans.

Rosa Parks act was an important part in the Civil Rights movement. Also, she received a diploma for high-school, when less than 7% of all African-Americans did not finish their high-school years, and Rosa finished her high-school era.

Rosa Parks joined the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in 1943 and devoted her life to the cause of American civil rights and equality, until her death in 2005 at age 92.

See the link below for Rosa Parks' awards and achievements.

Answer 3

I think she was determined and felt strongly about what was going on at the time and she acted like no-one could push her around

Answer 4

Rosa Parks biggest accomplishment was to be part of the bus boycott

Answer 5

She didn't give up her seat for a white man

Answer 6

Rosa parks wasn't the most intelligent person and collected squirrels for a living

Answer 7

she was very couragious and friendly lol hahaha she was very great hearted