Rosa Parks was a civil rights icon who wanted equality for everyone. Let’s take a look at what kind of progress she made.
Today is the 62nd anniversary of when Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama.
Known as the “mother of the Civil Rights Movement” in the 1950s, Parks fought against segregation and the Jim Crow Laws of the time.
Take a look at her history-making legacy.
Parks was a seamstress by trade, but was also active in the civil rights efforts starting in the ’40s.
She joined the NAACP in 1943 and served as branch secretary for over a decade.
During her role as an lifelong activist, she pushed for voter registration, supported black victims of violence, and fought for women’s rights.
She also worked toward the desegregation of schools and city spaces.
On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks committed her most famous act of resistance. She refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama bus for a white passenger.
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