Rosa Parks

Refused to give up her bus seat to a white passenger in segregated Montgomery, Alabama in 1955, resulting in her arrest — a specific, extensively documented act carrying real, realized personal legal and social risk.

Served for over a decade (1943-1957) as secretary of the Montgomery NAACP chapter before her 1955 arrest, including personally conducting the NAACP's 1944 investigation into the gang rape of Recy Taylor.

A specific fact-finding investigation into a violent crime, conducted years before her famous arrest, is the basis for the profile's detail_orientation score. Detail Orientation

Her own autobiography directly corrects the popularized "tired feet" narrative, stating her refusal was a considered decision in the moment: she was "tired of giving in."

Co-founded the Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self Development in 1987, continuing organizational work decades after the incident that made her nationally known.

Continued civil-rights activism for decades after 1955, relocating from Montgomery to Detroit after losing her employment and facing sustained threats, and adjusting her platform across that major life disruption.

Continuing organizational activism after a major, disruptive life change is the specific instance behind the profile's adaptability score. Adaptability