Rosa Parks

Rosa Parks - was a seamstress from Montgomery, Alabama. On December 1st 1955 she refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man. She was arrested and charged with violating a local segregation ordinance. Parks' act was not a spur of the moment decision that it seemed. A women of a perfect reputation and long NAACP member, she had been chosen to play that part. Once the die was cast the black community turned to Reverend MLK for leadership. This act inspired the Civil Rights movement.