Rosa Louise Parks has been called the mother of the modern-day civil rights movement. By not giving up her seat to a white passenger on a city bus, she started a protest that was felt throughout the United States. Her quiet, courageous act changed America and redirected the course of history.
Rosa Parks is an example of how the actions of one person can start a chain reaction of events that has far-reaching results. Her refusal to give up her seat on a city bus inspired other African-Americans to demand better treatment in all areas of their lives. She was a reluctant hero, and probably not all of the things that
TIME For Kids remembers Rosa Parks, whose bravery sparked a fight for civil rights.
Follow the accomplishments of civil rights activist Rosa Parks, and learn how her refusal to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus helped end public segregation, at Biography.com. View photos and video, and read Parks's full biography.
Rosa Parks was an African American civil rights activist whose refusal to relinquish her seat on a public bus to a white man precipitated the 1955–56 Montgomery bus boycott in Alabama.
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Find out how Rosa Parks's refusal to give up her seat to a white male passenger on a Montgomery, Alabama bus earned her the title of Mother of the Modern Day Civil Rights Movement.