Civil Rights Activist

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CAUSE

Rosa Parks fought for racial equality and against racial discrimination, because she experienced deep rooted racism and was aware of the KKK at a young age.

MOTIVATION

Rosa Parks was motivated by the idea of gaining respect from the whites, standing up for what she believed in, and not wanting to be pushed around by the whites.

Rosa Parks

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Through Rosa Parks's involvement against racial discrimination, segregation laws were ended in the South. She successfully began a protest against segregation and pointed out that the segregated bus was unconstitutional.

METHOD USED

Rosa Parks furthered her cause and accomplished her goals of ending segregation by "breaking the law." Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man. (Montgomery Bus incident)

SACRIFICES

Rosa Parks had to sacrifice her job as a seamstress and also her husband's job on behalf of the cause. Most importantly, she had to sacrifice her body for the cause.

ADOPTED CAUSES

Women's Struggle for Equality

Gay Rights

Immigration Rights