![65 years ago, Rosa Parks' arrest ignited the civil rights movement and led to yearlong Montgomery Bus Boycott 65 years ago, Rosa Parks' arrest ignited the civil rights movement and led to yearlong Montgomery Bus Boycott](https://www.savannahnow.com/gcdn/-mm-/8d6fad22af2af6672ff21a2cf9437fd334c88520/c=0-2-1397-788/local/-/media/2020/12/01/Savannah/ghows-GA-201209970-e3151b73.jpg?width=660&height=372&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
65 years ago, Rosa Parks' arrest ignited the civil rights movement and led to yearlong Montgomery Bus Boycott
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NAACP v. Alabama (1958) | The Bus Boycott | Explore | Rosa Parks: In Her Own Words | Exhibitions at the Library of Congress | Library of Congress
![Rosa Joins the NAACP's Montgomery Branch | Early Life and Activism | Explore | Rosa Parks: In Her Own Words | Exhibitions at the Library of Congress | Library of Congress Rosa Joins the NAACP's Montgomery Branch | Early Life and Activism | Explore | Rosa Parks: In Her Own Words | Exhibitions at the Library of Congress | Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/static/exhibitions/rosa-parks-in-her-own-words/images/objects/early-life-and-activism/rp0019_enlarge.jpg)
Rosa Joins the NAACP's Montgomery Branch | Early Life and Activism | Explore | Rosa Parks: In Her Own Words | Exhibitions at the Library of Congress | Library of Congress
![Thurgood Marshall, the Chief Counsel for the NAACP with Rosa Parks in 1956. Parks joined the Montgomery, Alabama chapter of the Stock Photo - Alamy Thurgood Marshall, the Chief Counsel for the NAACP with Rosa Parks in 1956. Parks joined the Montgomery, Alabama chapter of the Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/CWAJAA/thurgood-marshall-the-chief-counsel-for-the-naacp-with-rosa-parks-CWAJAA.jpg)