March 5 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Rosa Parks
Parks had a prior encounter with James Blake, the bus driver who demanded she vacate her seat. Rosa Parks finished high school at a time when that was rare. ... Rosa Parks was active in politics. ... The bus driver who had Rosa Parks arrested in 1955 had given her trouble before. ... Rosa Parks helped spark the Civil Rights Movement. ... Rosa Parks wasn't the first Black woman who refused to give up her seat.
