February 4 in American History
Born in Tuskegee, Alabama, Rosa Parks would become "the mother of the civil rights movement" for her refusal to give up her bus seat in 1955. Far from a tired seamstress who simply snapped, she was a trained, deliberate activist who chose her moment — courage as a decision, not an accident.
In 1913: Rosa Parks is born. Born in Tuskegee, Alabama, Rosa Parks would become "the mother of the civil rights movement" for her refusal to give up her bus seat in 1955.
Born in Tuskegee, Alabama, Rosa Parks would become "the mother of the civil rights movement" for her refusal to give up her bus seat in 1955. Far from a tired seamstress who simply snapped, she was a trained, deliberate activist who chose her moment — courage as a decision, not an accident.
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