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.

Rosa Parks wasn’t born a household name ... Raised by her mother and her grandparents, Parks had firsthand experience with the harsh realities of Jim Crow laws that enforced racial segregation ...

Rosa Parks was actively involved in civil rights work long before the famous bus incident. She joined the NAACP in 1943. McDonalds Black History Month - 360Wise ...