Rosa Parks was known for her involvement in the civil rights movement in the United States. She is best known for refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama in 1955. This act of civil disobedience sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott, a pivotal event in the civil rights movement and helped to bring national attention to the issue of racial segregation and discrimination. Rosa Parks became an iconic figure and symbol of the civil rights movement, and her actions paved the way for the eventual desegregation of public transportation in the United States.
