Strawberry Sun Magazine X Rosa Parks By: Wish Fire Saint Gothic Strawberry Sun Magazine X Rosa Parks Rosa Parks, known as the "mother of the civil rights movement," is best remembered for her 1955 refusal to give up her bus seat to a white passenger in Montgomery, Alabama. Her act of civil disobedience sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott, a pivotal event that galvanized the modern civil rights movement.The Spark: December 1, 1955On a Thursday evening, 42-year-old seamstress Rosa Parks was commuting home from a long day of work at the Montgomery Fair department store.The Rules: Montgomery city buses were strictly segregated. White passengers sat in the front, and Black passengers sat in the back. Black riders made up more than 70% of the ridership.The Incident: As the bus filled up, t...

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