Rosa Parks
Montgomery bus activist
Rosa Parks was an American civil rights activist whose 1955 refusal to give up her bus seat to a white passenger in Montgomery, Alabama sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
Her act of defiance became a defining moment in the American civil rights movement.
Parks is often called "the mother of the civil rights movement," though she was one of many activists challenging segregation.
Civil rights advocacy organization
- MontgomeryAlabama's seat of government
- AlabamaDeep South state
- seamstressOne who stitches garments
- arrestSeize by law
1955 · bus boycott · civil disobedience · African-American · history · biography · autobiography · Detroit
Open resistance to authority
- refusalAct of declining
- protestPublic expression of disapproval
- boycottOrganized economic protest
- noncomplianceFailure to follow requirements
disobedience · dissent · stand · courage · bravery · quiet strength · dignity · determination
- bus boycottOrganized refusal to ride
- mass meetingLarge public gathering
- carpoolShared commute arrangement
- walkingLocomotion on foot
Forced separation by group
- desegregationEnding enforced group separation
- Jim CrowRacial separation laws
- integrationCombining into a whole
- racial justiceFairness regardless of ethnicity
discrimination · freedom · voting rights · Supreme Court · equal rights · legislation · movement · enfranchisement
Pictorial screen symbol
- symbolRepresentational mark or sign
- pioneerEarly explorer or settler
- trailblazerFirst to forge ahead
- heroineBrave female protagonist
legend · role model · inspiration · influential · celebrated · revered · monument · stamp
NAACP
Civil rights advocacy organization
- MontgomeryAlabama's seat of government
- AlabamaDeep South state
- seamstressOne who stitches garments
arrest · 1955 · bus boycott · civil disobedience · African-American · history · biography · autobiography · Detroit
defiance
Open resistance to authority
noncompliance · disobedience · dissent · stand · courage · bravery · quiet strength · dignity · determination · nonviolent
Martin Luther King Jr.
- bus boycottOrganized refusal to ride
- mass meetingLarge public gathering
- carpoolShared commute arrangement
walking · solidarity · organizing · victory
segregation
Forced separation by group
- desegregationEnding enforced group separation
- Jim CrowRacial separation laws
- integrationCombining into a whole
racial justice · discrimination · freedom · voting rights · Supreme Court · equal rights · legislation · movement · enfranchisement · anti-racism
icon
Pictorial screen symbol
- symbolRepresentational mark or sign
- pioneerEarly explorer or settler
- trailblazerFirst to forge ahead
heroine · legend · role model · inspiration · influential · celebrated · revered · monument · stamp · holiday
- Black HistoryMartin Luther King Jr., MLK, Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass, Malcolm X
- notable womenHarriet Tubman, Eleanor Roosevelt, Florence Nightingale, Susan B. Anthony, Amelia Earhart
- US HistoryAmerican Revolution, US history, Civil War, George Washington, Abraham Lincoln
- 1950sEisenhower, poodle skirt, Elvis Presley, baby boom, bobby socks
- AlabamaBirmingham, Alabama, Montgomery, Huntsville, Mobile
- American IconsAbraham Lincoln, George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Martin Luther King Jr.
Rosa Parksconformist
One following accepted norms
bystander · collaborator · going along to get along · Uncle Tom · submissive
Rosa ParksGeorge Wallace
Alabama segregationist politician
rose, roses, rosemary, Parks, rosebush, rosebud, roseate, rosewood, rosebuds