Rosa Parks

Rosa Parks, born Rosa Louise McCauley on February 4, 1913, in Tuskegee, Alabama, is widely revered as the "mother of the civil rights movement." Her early life in the segregated South exposed her to the harsh realities of racial discrimination and injustice, which deeply influenced her activism. Parks' involvement in civil rights began long before her famous act of defiance; she was a member of the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) and worked as a secretary for the Montgomery chapter. Her commitment to justice was further demonstrated by her participation in voter registration drives and her efforts to investigate crimes against African Americans. Rosa Parks' most iconic contribution to the civil rights movement occurred on December 1, 1955, when she refused to give up her seat to a white passenger on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama. Her arrest for violating segregation laws sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott, a pivotal event in the civil rights