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1. www.britannica.com › story › mother-of-the-civil-rights-movementRosa Parks, the Montgomery Bus Boycott, and the Birth of the...

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   On the evening of December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks, a 42-year-old African American seamstress and civil rights activist living in Montgomery, Alabama, was arrested for refusing to obey a bus driver who had ordered her and three other African American passengers to vacate their seats to make room for a white passenger who had just boarded.

2. naacp.org › find-resources › history-explainedRosa Parks | NAACP

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   Rosa Parks | NAACP. Civil Rights Leaders. Rosa Parks occupies an iconic status in the civil rights movement after she refused to vacate a seat on a bus in favor of a white passenger in Montgomery, Alabama.

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

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   Nov 29, 2023 · 29 November 2023. By Myles Burke,Features correspondent. Getty Images. Rosa Parks (Credit: Getty Images) On 1 December 1955 Rosa Parks was arrested in Montgomery, Alabama, for refusing to...