Rosa park pictures on the bus

  • Rosa park pictures on the bus

    • Pictures of rosa parks when she was a baby...

    Rosa park pictures on the bus

  • Rosa parks pictures on the bus seat saying no to a white person
  • Pictures of rosa parks when she was a baby
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  • Pictures of rosa parks and her husband

    • Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat 62 years ago today — here are 14 facts about her

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    Today is the 62nd anniversary of when Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama. 

    Known as the "mother of the Civil Rights Movement" in the 1950s, Parks fought against segregation and the Jim Crow Laws of the time.

    Take a look at her history-making legacy.

    Parks was a seamstress by trade, but was also active in the civil rights efforts starting in the '40s.

    She joined the NAACP in 1943 and served as branch secretary for over a decade.

    During her role as an lifelong activist, she pushed for voter registration, supported black victims of violence, and fought for women's rights.

    She also worked toward the desegregati