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Her subsequent arrest and trial for this act of civil disobedience triggered the Montgomery Bus Boycott, one of the largest and most successful mass movements against racial segregation in history, and launched Martin Luther King, Jr. Her role in American history earned her an iconic status in American culture, and her actions have left an enduring legacy for civil rights movements around the world.

Her ancestors included both Irish-Scottish lineage and also a great grandmother who was a slave. She attended local rural schools, and after the age of 11, the Industrial School for Girls in Montgomery.

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However, she later had to opt out of school to look after her grandmother. As a child, Rosa became aware of the segregation which was deeply embedded in Alabama. She experienced deep-rooted racism and became conscious of the different opportunities faced by white and black children. She also recalls seeing a Klu Klux Klan march go past her house — where her father stood outside with a shotgun.

Due to the Jim Crow laws, most black voters were effectively disenfranchised. In , she married Raymond Parks, a barber from Montgomery. She attended meetings defending the rights of black people and seeking to prevent injustice. After a day at work at Montgomery Fair department store, Parks boarded the Cleveland Avenue bus at around 6 p.