Rosa Parks’ letters and photographs reveal a lifelong warrior for civil rights The Rosa Parks Collection of 7,500 manuscripts and 2,500 photographs are available to researchers at the Library of ...

The boycott brought national attention to the movement, highlighting the power of nonviolent protest and civil disobedience.

There, when a woman called Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat ... Rosa was a member of a civil rights group which fought for black and white people to be treated the same.