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  1. www.britannica.com › biography › Rosa-ParksRosa Parks | Biography, Accomplishments, Quotes, Family, & Facts

    May 17, 2024 · Rosa Parks was a Black civil rights activist whose refusal to give up her bus seat to a white man ignited the American civil rights movement. Because she played a leading role in the Montgomery bus boycott, she is called the ‘mother of the civil rights movement.’.

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  3. www.history.com › topics › black-historyRosa Parks: Bus Boycott, Civil Rights & Facts | HISTORY

    Nov 9, 2009 · Learn about Rosa Parks, the Black woman who refused to give up her seat to a white man on a Montgomery bus in 1955, sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott and the civil rights movement. Explore her early life, activism, arrest, trial and legacy.

  4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › The_Rosa_Parks_StoryThe Rosa Parks Story - Wikipedia

    The Rosa Parks Story is a 2002 American television movie written by Paris Qualles and directed by Julie Dash. Angela Bassett portrays Rosa Parks, with Cicely Tyson in a supporting role as her mother. It was broadcast by CBS on February 24, 2002. It received awards from the NAACP and the Black Reel Awards .

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  6. www.imdb.com › title › tt0293562The Rosa Parks Story (TV Movie 2002) - IMDb

    Feb 24, 2002 · A TV movie about the life and legacy of Rosa Parks, the civil rights activist who refused to give up her seat on a bus in 1955. Starring Angela Bassett, Peter Francis James, and Tonea Stewart, directed by Julie Dash.

  7. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Rosa_ParksRosa Parks - Wikipedia

    Rosa Louise McCauley Parks (February 4, 1913 – October 24, 2005) was an American activist in the civil rights movement, best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott. The United States Congress has honored her as "the first lady of civil rights" and "the mother of the freedom movement".

  8. www.bbc.com › culture › articleRosa Parks: The 'no' that sparked the civil rights movement - BBC

    Nov 29, 2023 · On 1 December 1955, Rosa Parks was arrested in Alabama for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white man. Discover how her act of defiance sparked the US civil rights movement.

  9. www.womenshistory.org › biographies › rosa-parksBiography: Rosa Parks - National Women's History Museum

    When the bus started to fill up with white passengers, the bus driver asked Parks to move. She refused. Her resistance set in motion one of the largest social movements in history, the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Rosa Louise McCauley was born on February 4th, 1913 in Tuskegee, Alabama.