Daily Facts about Rosa Parks

1956

The Montgomery Bus Boycott, a significant event in the civil rights movement led by Rosa Parks and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., officially commences in Montgomery, Alabama.

1956

The United States Supreme Court rules in favor of Rosa Parks, leading to the end of segregation on Montgomery buses in Alabama.

1955

Rosa Parks, a civil rights activist, refuses to surrender her bus seat to a white passenger in Montgomery, Alabama, igniting the Montgomery Bus Boycott.