Why was Rosa parks remarkable?

Answer 1

She was an ordinary African American woman working hard for a living under very restrictive conditions. Her simple act of defiance, not giving up her seat, was a catalyst for rebellion. Her arrest for a simple act of not giving up her seat lead to a major boycott of the bus system, which pretty much bankrupt that system. She didn't fight anyone, she didn't yell or scream, she just sat there. It really brought to light the injustice of the current system.

Answer 2

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

Answer 3

On December 1, 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama, Parks refused to obey bus driver James F. Blake's order that she give up her seat to make room for a white passenger.

Parks' action was not the first of its kind to impact the civil rights issue. Others had taken similar steps, including Lizzie Jennings in 1854, Homer Plessy in 1892, Irene Morgan in 1946, Sarah Louise Keys in 1955, and Claudette Colvin on the same bus system nine months before Parks, but Parks' civil disobedience had the effect of sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

Parks' act of defiance became an important symbol of the modern Civil Rights Movement and Parks became an international icon of resistance to racial segregation. She organized and collaborated with civil rights leaders, including boycott leader Martin Luther King, Jr., helping to launch him to national prominence in the civil rights movement.

Answer 4

She had many fans of her work. She impacted history, and many African American's life just by refusing to give up her seat to a white man. The first step of her change was being arrested, then the Montgumery Bus Boycott began which changed the lifes of many.

Answer 5

Rosa Parks became a symbol that drove an entire movement. Her ability to say no to the face of authority summarized what the entire Civil Rights movement was about.

Answer 6

She fought for her freedom and standed up for her self and does not let anything stand in her way!