Rosa Parks was born in Alabama in 1913. She became involved with the civil rights movement, joining the Montgomery chapter of the NAACP in 1943. In December 1955, she boarded a bus in downtown Montgomery, and refused to give up her seat to a white person onboard. She was arrested. Her actions instigated the Montgomery Bus Boycott, a seminal event in the civil rights movement. This eventually led to a United States Supreme Court decision that declared the Alabama and Montgomery laws that segregated buses were unconstitutional. Rosa Parks remained politically active until her death in 2005.
Rosa Parks was 5 foot 3 inches (1.60 m) tall.
Rosa Parks was born in Alabama in 1913. She became involved with the civil rights movement, joining the Montgomery chapter of the NAACP in 1943. In December 1955, she boarded a bus in downtown Montgomery, and refused to give up her seat to a white person onboard. She was arrested. Her actions instigated the Montgomery Bus Boycott, a seminal event in the civil rights movement. This eventually led to a United States Supreme Court decision that declared the Alabama and Montgomery laws that segregated buses were unconstitutional. Rosa Parks remained politically active until her death in 2005.
Rosa Parks was 5 foot 3 inches (1.60 m) tall.