December 1, 1955, Montgomery, Alabama, when Rosa Parks refused to move

Every body that was part of Civil Rights movement is important. But, on December 1, 1955, Rosa Lee Parks refused to relinquish her seat to a white passenger on a racially segregated Montgomery, Alabama bus. By this simple act, which today would seem unremarkable, she set in motion the civil rights movement, which led to Civil Rights Act of 1964 and ultimately ensured that today all African American must be given equal treatment with whites under the law. Parks did not know that she was making history nor did she intend to do so. She simply knew that she was tired after a long day's wor…