Rosa Parks, the Outlier 

This year is the 100th anniversary of Rosa Parks' birth. She is often referred to as an unlikely hero of civil rights, but as you will learn in this video, this is not quite the case. Use what you have learned from reading Outliers to explain the factors that led to her becoming a symbol of the civil rights movement and how her modest act of refusing to give up a seat on a bus led to major changes in American segregation laws.

Take brief notes as you watch the video and then work with a partner to write a 250-word description of the elements that contributed to Rosa Parks' remarkable story while making references to Malcolm Gladwell's observations about outliers.