- She was born on February 4, 1913.
- She joined the NAACP and worked for many years to improve the lives of African Americans in the south.
- December 1, 1955 was the day that she refused to give up her bus seat for a white passenger in Montgomery, Alabama.
- She was arrested and fined for violating a city ordinance.
- Many African Americans came together and boycotted the city bus.
- Her single act of defiance began a movement that ended legal segregation in America.
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