Rosa Parks was born on February 4, 1913 in Alabama, in the USA. She was an American activist and came to be known as the first lady of Civil Rights and the mother of the freedom movement'. (The civil rights movement was started to achieve equality for African-Americans in America between 1954 and 1968. During this time, Black people in America were treated differently from white people and did not enjoy the same privileges. On December 1, 1955, after a long day at work, Rosa boarded the Montgomery bus. She paid her bus fare and sat on a seat that was empty. When a white person boarded the bus and didn't have a seat she was asked to give up her seat for the white person. Rosa did not move (She was arrested and sent to jail for not giving up her seat In protest of her arrest, thousands of people boycotted the Montgomery city buses. This boycott paved the way to end the inequality faced by black people in America. Rosa worked alongside Martin Luther King Jr. and fought for the equal rights of African- Americans. She will always be remembered for her courage and bravery. what is the main idea in rhe given taxt?
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Called "the mother of the civil rights movement," Rosa Parks invigorated the struggle for racial equality when she refused to give up her bus seat to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama. Parks' arrest on December 1, 1955 launched the Montgomery Bus Boycott by 17,000 black citizens.
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