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[[Image:RosaParks.jpg|300px|thumb|Rosa Parks]]

[[Image:RosaParks.jpg|300px|thumb|Rosa Parks]]

'''Rosa Parks''' (1913-2005) was a black [[civil rights]] activist. She is most famous for her arrest for refusing to give up her seat on a public bus for a white passenger in Montgomery, [[Alabama]] on December 1, 1955. (At the time, white passengers were given priority seating.) For refusing to give up her seat, Parks was convicted of disorderly conduct and fined $14. <ref>http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/10/24/parks.obit/</ref> This arrest led to a boycott of the Montgomery public bus system that lasted over a year, and culminated in the reversal of the seating policy. The incident is considered to be a landmark event in the [[Civil Rights Movement]].  

'''Rosa Parks''' (1913-2005) was a black [[civil rights]] [[activist]]. She is most famous for her arrest for refusing to give up her seat on a public bus for a white passenger in [[Montgomery]], [[Alabama]] on December 1, 1955. (At the time, white passengers were given priority seating.) For refusing to give up her seat, Parks was convicted of disorderly conduct and fined $14. <ref>http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/10/24/parks.obit/</ref> This arrest led to a boycott of the Montgomery public bus system that lasted over a year, and culminated in the reversal of the seating policy. The incident is considered to be a landmark event in the [[Civil Rights Movement]].  

The bus incident was not Parks' first foray into civil rights activism. Prior to this, she had served as a secretary for the [[NAACP]], and she recounted in an interview that she had experienced past confrontations with bus drivers. <ref>http://www.grandtimes.com/rosa.html</ref>

The bus incident was not Parks' first foray into civil rights activism. Prior to this, she had served as a secretary for the [[NAACP]], and she recounted in an interview that she had experienced past confrontations with bus drivers. <ref>http://www.grandtimes.com/rosa.html</ref>