1. United States civil rights leader who refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man in Montgomery (Alabama) and so triggered the national Civil Rights movement (born in 1913); [syn: Parks, Rosa Parks]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Rosa Parks
n 1: United States civil rights leader who refused to give up
her seat on a bus to a white man in Montgomery (Alabama)
and so triggered the national Civil Rights movement (born
in 1913) [syn: Parks, Rosa Parks]