What major contribution did Rosa Parks make to the Civil Rights Movement.?

Question

that was in the 1960's

Answer 1

She refused to give her seat to a white man on a bus in 1955. This was the law in Montgomery, Alabama at the time. This launched the Montgomery Bus Boycott led by Martin Luther King, Jr. She was made an icon by the civil rights movement. There had been others who were charged with the same offense before, but she was a sympathetic figure who came along at the right time. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s fame began because of the Montgomery Bus Boycott which he helped organize after the incident with Rosa Parks.

Answer 2

Rosa Parks Contributions

Answer 3

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Well first let me point out what is right about what you said, yes Mrs. Parks was not aiming to change the world that day and yes she certainly was not a leader in the civil rights movement (never claimed to be nor wanted to be either) So yes she was not the first one to refuse, and perhaps she gets to much credit BUT when she refused it started the Montgomery Bus Boycott which but black initiated economic pressure on white owned businesses. That was the difference. Martin Luther King on the other hand was a leader of the civil rights movement. Rosa Parks did have a major impact on the civil rights movement even if it was somewhat unwittingly, however, you can not put her on quite the same level as Martin Luther King.

Answer 4

You could read all about what she did. I am a big civil rights buff, and just recently spent a lot of time at the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was murdered.

Although I am a big advocate of this movement, I would have to say that in reality we have glorified Mrs. Parks far beyond what her intentions were. She simply didn't want to move, so she didn't. She wasn't taking a stand for all black people's rights, she just didn't want to move. The SCLC immediately checked into her record, and found out that she was a model citizen with no prior criminal conviction and chose her incident to catapult to national attention. She became a champion for civil rights because she was the right kind of candidate, and had what they needed so they used her as their hero.

If you watch many documentaries, you will find that she was not the first person to refuse to give up her seat or to be arrested for doing so. She was simply the first person with a good background that could be used to turn national attention on the situation. Former people who did this had records or weren't clean enough to fight for. They put her on the bandwagon because she made a good candidate.

So I guess what I'm saying is that she ended up making a good figure in the history of things, but I'm not sure that her intentions were to fight for all black people when she refused to give up her seat. I don't think she was thinking that far so I'm not sure how much contribution she actually made. I'd say the SCLC made the greater contributions with everything they did, and for bailing her out of jail and making sure that she got national attention.

Answer 5

Rosa Parks was the mother of Civil Rights movement. She was the first woman who openly declared her resistance to the existing code at that time, when she refused to give up her seat for a white man. Her subsequent arrest and sentencing inspired one of the most successful anti-segregation movements in history, the Montgomery Bus Boycott, which was organized by Martin Luther King Jr

Answer 6

The first shot starts a war.... Someone has to fire it. Rosa Parks action became the rallying point for the Civil Rights movement. She fired the first shot by her act of defiance. ~

Answer 7

Ambassador in Chains is correct. Other women were arrested for the same thing. She happened to have the cleanest record to use in court. This doesn't take a way from her achievement, though.

Answer 8

She had the courage to stand up for what was right no matter the consequences.

True moral courage in the face of injustice is always an inspiration for others to do the same.

In my opinion that was her greatest legacy.........being a shining example of how to be true to yourself and what is right in the face of what had to appear as insurmountable oppression and injustice.

It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.
-Mark Twain

Answer 9

She demanded the dignity that all people deserve when she would not give her seat up to a white person.

She was a brave woman.

Answer 10

Young lady, do your own homework! Get off this site and key her name into any search engine. She is an important historical figure you need to know about! Not merely a question to be answered on an assignment.