WOMEN IN THE BACKROUND OF HISTORY
ROSA PARKS
Mother of the Civil Rights Movement
She bravely defied racial segregation in America by refusing to give up her seat on a bus to a white passenger in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1955. Her act of peaceful disobedience triggered the bus boycott, led by Martin Luther King Jr.
She thus became a crucial milestone in the struggle for civil rights in the United States. Rosa Parks’ courage and determination inspired millions of people around the world and left a lasting legacy of resistance against injustice and racial discrimination.