(1913-present)
Rosa Parks has been called the "Mother of the Civil Rights Movement" and one of the most important citizens of the 20th century
On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks was arrested in Montgomery, Alabama for not standing and letting a white bus rider take her seat
Because of her act, Dr.Martin Luther King, Jr. led the Montgomery bus boycott. The boycott lasted 381 days and was a success
November 13, 1956 the Court declared that Alabama's state and local laws requiring segregation on buses were illegal