3. Rosa Parks Worked with Martin Luther King Jr.
Rosa Parks’ courageous act of defiance on December 1, 1955, led to her arrest and ignited the Montgomery Bus Boycott. This pivotal event propelled a young Martin Luther King Jr. into the national spotlight as the leader of the boycott. Parks, a seasoned activist and secretary of the Montgomery NAACP, collaborated closely with King and other leaders to organize the 381-day protest, which ultimately resulted in the desegregation of Montgomery’s public buses. (history.com)
