Rosa Parks

Rosa Parks, the mother of the Civil Rights Movement,  On December 1, 1955, the equality activist refused to give up her bus seat to... a white passenger, resulting in her arrest. Parks became a symbol of resistance, and her act of civil disobedience would spur a citywide bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama that would end segregation on public buses. The 381-day boycott is regarded as one of the most effective mass movements against racial segregation in history.

“You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.”