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Education & Leadership

Rosa Parks

1955

A defining stand against bus segregation

What Rosa contributed

Her refusal to surrender her bus seat helped spark the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

The story

Parks was an experienced civil-rights worker, including service with the NAACP. Her arrest became a rallying point for a sustained community boycott against segregated public transportation.

Why it matters

Her actions and years of organizing helped strengthen the modern civil-rights movement.

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