On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks made history when she refused to give up her bus seat in Montgomery, Alabama. But Parks' act of defiance that sparked a mass movement came at a great personal cost. | Biography

The Refusal That Changed History: Rosa Parks (1955) #RosaParks #CivilRights #OnThisDay #BlackHistory On this day in 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat to a white passenger in Montgomery, Alabama. Her quiet act of defiance led to her arrest and ignited the 381-day Montgomery Bus Boycott, launching the Civil Rights Movement.✊🏾🚌⚖️ | Big Bang Bogan

#OnThisDay 1955: Rosa Parks was arrested in Montgomery, Alabama, for refusing to give her bus seat to a white passenger. Visit BBC In History for more on the 'no' that sparked the US civil rights movement. https://www.bbc.co.uk/culture/article/20231128-rosa-parks-the-one-moment-that-sparked-the-civil-rights-movement Clip taken from Man Alive: Deep South, originally broadcast on BBC One, 15 May 1974. | BBC Archive