How Did Rosa Parks Contribute To The Civil Rights Movement

Rosa Parks is an African American woman who helped pave the way for the civil rights movement. At the age of 43, Rosa Parks infamously denied her seat to a white person, despite being seated in the colored people section. She was then fined and arrested creating an uproar against the equality between white and colored people. On the day following Rosa Parks’ arrest Jo Ann robinson, a member of the Women's Political Council, issued a statement encouraging colored people to avoid taking the bus in order to demonstrate the vitality of the African Americans to the bus system. This then triggered a movement known as the Montgomery Bus Boycott from December 5, 1955 to December 20,1956. During this movement African Americans refused to ride the public