The activist’s refusal to give up her seat to a white passenger on a segregated bus in Alabama helped fuel the Civil Rights Movement.

The event was seen as a catalyst for the emerging civil rights movement, as protests followed the killers' acquittal in court ...

Many people – both black and white – knew that segregation wasn’t fair and they protested about it…but little changed. IMAGE 6: Then, one day in 1955, a woman called ROSA PARKS boarded a ...

In the segregated South, African Americans were denied equality in the workplace, a chance for a decent education and the right to visit restaurants and use restrooms that white people also used.

Rosa Parks (1913 - 2005); Black History Month; Civil Rights; justice and equality. Summary: On 1 December 1955 Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white passenger, contravening ...