• Rosa Parks, a black woman, refused to give up her seat on a bus for a white passenger on December 1, 1955. Her action, and subsequent arrest, prompted the Montgomery Bus Boycott, which eventually resulted in a U.S. Supreme Court decision declaring the segregated bus law unconstitutional.

• Fast Facts

  1. Born: February 4, 1913
  2. Birth name: Rosa Louise McCauley
  3. Birth place: Tuskegee, Alabama
  4. Alma mater: Alabama State College
  5. Married: Raymond Parks, 1932
  6. Member of Board of Advocates for Planned Parenthood
  7. Lifelong member of the African Methodist Episcopal Church
  8. Died: October 24, 2005

  9. Quotes

  10. "I would like to be known as a person who is concerned about freedom and equality and justice and prosperity for all people."—Rosa ParksCatherine Place: An Oasis for Women
  12. "The only tired I was, was tired of giving in."—Rosa ParksThe Quotations Page: Quote Details
  14. "Each person must live their life as a model for others."—Rosa ParksStop the Hate: What is the Golden Rule?
  16. "The real reason of my not standing up was I felt that I had a right to be treated as any other passenger. We had endured that kind of treatment for too long."—Rosa ParksBBC: US Civil Rights Icon Parks Dies (October 25, 2005)
  18. "She sat down in order that we all might stand up - and the walls of segregation came down."—Jesse JacksonBBC: US Civil Rights Icon Parks Dies (October 25, 2005)

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