Vulture and child

Rosa Parks

Rosa Parks. 

1. How did Rosa Parks’ refusal to give up her seat challenge 

the social norms of her time?

2. What forms of social control maintained segregation in the 

South, and how did Parks’ action disrupt these?

3. How does labeling theory apply to the public’s perception of 

Rosa Parks after her arrest?

4. How does the case of Rosa Parks illustrate the relationship 

between power, resistance, and the social definition of deviance?

5. What were the short-term and long-term consequences of Rosa 

Parks’ deviance for both her and society?