Her Role and SignificancE
Rosa Parks role in the Civil Rights Movement started on December 1st, 1955 when she became famous for her refusal to change bus seats on the segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama. Her actions spurred the start of the Civil Rights Movement and a bus boycott among the African American population all across the country. This boycott affected the segregated public transport system so badly that the segregation laws were slowly broken across the south of USA. Rosa was the face of the Civil Rights movement as she actively protested for equality in America before, during and after being arrested on the bus. She was arrested multiple times during her campaigning due to 'civil disobedience'. Rosa was a strong public figure for the Civil Rights Movement. She is referred to as the 'mother of the Modern Day Civil Rights Movement' and she was heavily involved with the NAACP for many years and used her influence to encourage many people of both races to join the movement. Rosa was a public figure in the movement, actively protesting for equal rights right up until her death in October, 2005.
Rosa Parks significance in the Civil Right's movement is that she was one of the strongest leaders of the movement. She participated in the movement, before and after the boycott and she worked alongside Martin Luther King Jr. She also worked for Congressman John Conyers briefly and she was added to the National Women's Hall of Fame in 1993 and won the Medal of Freedom Award from Bill Clinton in 1996. She also won the Congressional Gold Medal in 1999 and an award in her name was created in the Southern Leadership Council named the Rosa Parks Freedom Award. When Rosa died, her body was allowed to lie in the U.S Council rotunda which made her the 31st person to lie there and the first woman since the first person was buried in in 1852. She was a strong female leader and a vital part of the Civil Rights Movement and her efforts and achievements were properly acknowledged through the awards she received.
Rosa Parks significance in the Civil Right's movement is that she was one of the strongest leaders of the movement. She participated in the movement, before and after the boycott and she worked alongside Martin Luther King Jr. She also worked for Congressman John Conyers briefly and she was added to the National Women's Hall of Fame in 1993 and won the Medal of Freedom Award from Bill Clinton in 1996. She also won the Congressional Gold Medal in 1999 and an award in her name was created in the Southern Leadership Council named the Rosa Parks Freedom Award. When Rosa died, her body was allowed to lie in the U.S Council rotunda which made her the 31st person to lie there and the first woman since the first person was buried in in 1852. She was a strong female leader and a vital part of the Civil Rights Movement and her efforts and achievements were properly acknowledged through the awards she received.