Rosa Parks was a woman who became hero to the African Americans in the Civil Rights for black people. She was most known for refusing to give her seat to a white man and sparking the modern day civil rights movement. Kamehameha The Great was the first to rule all hawaiian islands. He was known for his laws called “kapu” to govern the people. Kamehameha and Rosa Parks are both similar by leading their people out of rough situations, which makes them effective leaders. Rosa Parks led a 381 day bus boycott to fight for her people’s needs. Kamehameha’s people were getting to the point of starvation. To make sure they got what they needed he put kapus on the young trees so they could grow and he could feed them by being sold. Rosa Parks and Kamehameha also were similar because they both showed hard work and leadership roles to their people. Kamehameha showed the Hawaiians how the king can also do hard work by working in taro patches and refixing the land. Parks showed African-Americans how to stand up for what’s right and taking matter into your own hands by refusing to do something thats not right. They both show how they can encourage others, even by a simple move. Parks and Kamehameha has differences too. Parks was very poor and unwealthy and Kamehameha was a…show more content… Rosa Parks had courage,determination, and had strong influences on the people. Kamehameha made laws, provided food, and tried to do his best for the people. They were both able to achieve leading their people out of war. They were also able to achieve peace in their lives after the war. If it wasn’t for the impact of these individuals African-Americans wouldn’t get their fair rights and the Hawaiians would probably be in control of a bad leader like Kahekili. Their contributions were monumental because they were able to get the people to listen to them, have an encouraging movement on them, and overcame some of the hardest
