What did Rosa Parks do for the society?

Answer 1

Rosa Parks made it clear to everyone that African Americans should be treated equally, just like white people. She didn't give up her seat on the bus for a white person. Rosa decided to change things and fight for what she believed in.

Answer 2

Rosa Parks was a woman who had gotten on the bus, saw an available seat and sat in it. When a white male spotted her in a seat near the front of the bus and wanted to sit down, convention, at the time, was that persons of black color would get up in favor of a white color.

However, Rosa was tired, and frankly angry that this younger man would demand this of her. He said get up, she said No. As a consequence, police were called, press was called and the beginnings of sit-ins were inspired. All because a woman who had worked hard and deserved a courtesy was told to get to the back of the bus with the others.

There is a current parallel with hassidic (orthodox jewish) law where it is implied women should do the same. (Heard it on NPR) This is something we can observe in our time.

Answer 3

Her action led to one of the most important events in the civil rights movement in the US.

On December 1, 1955, when Rosa Parks, a black seamstress, refused to cooperate with a segregation law. As she boarded a public bus in Montgomery, Alabama, she took a seat in the designated "black" rows in the back. When the bus filled up she was asked to move so that a white man could have her spot. She refused to give the man her seat and was then arrested. This event sparked what would become a national movement of resistance to racial segregation and discrimination. Local black leaders of the NAACP organized around Parks, who had been a member of the organization since 1943 and secretary for the local chapter. They decided to start a citywide boycott of the Montgomery bus system on December 5, 1955. The boycott lasted 382 days and was extremely effective as black citizens constituted about 75% of Montgomery's bus riders. But it wasn't until December 17, 1956 that the US District Court ruled on the case, Browder v. Gayle, which had challenged the Alabama state statutes and Montgomery, Alabama, city ordinances requiring segregation on Montgomery buses, and three days later the order for integrated buses arrived in Montgomery.

Answer 4

She helped when she was the reason why the Montgomery Bus Boycott started.

Answer 5

How she helped is by letting the black people be equal with the whites for example like let the people sit where ever they want not just only in the back!

Answer 6

she stop racism and improve our society by not giving up her seat on the bus. This then started bus boycotts and began Martin Luther kings protests.

Answer 7

She ended segregation.