dec 1, 1955 - Rosa Parks, Montgomery Bus Boycott

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On Dec. 1, 1955, a black seamstress in Montgomery, Ala., refused to give up her seat for a white passenger on a bus and was arrested. For Rosa Parks, 42, it was a simple act of defiance, but it had profound consequences: It ignited a yearlong bus boycott that would elevate the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to national prominence and energize the emerging civil rights movement.

Parks's refusal to comply with city and state segregation laws was a pivotal moment in the civil rights struggle. It would lead to federal legislation aimed at guaranteeing equal rights to Black Americans.

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