Biography
Rosa Parks was an American civil rights activist whose refusal to surrender her seat on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama, became a defining moment in the struggle for racial equality. Her actions helped inspire the Montgomery Bus Boycott and brought national attention to the civil rights movement.
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Rosa Parks was an American civil rights activist whose refusal to surrender her seat on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama, became a defining moment in the struggle for racial equality.
Her actions helped inspire the Montgomery Bus Boycott and brought national attention to the civil rights movement. Parks remains a symbol of courage, dignity, and peaceful resistance.
- Lifespan
- 1913–2005
- Nationality
- American
- Occupations
- Civil Rights Activist
- Era
- Civil Rights Movement
- Born
- 1913 Reviewed
- Died
- 2005 Reviewed
- Tags
- American, Civil Rights Movement, Civil Rights Activist
- Themes
- Activism, Global History