Rosa Parks
publication date: Monday, July 22, 2002 (part of Round XVII)
category: 
Activism
clue: When she parks her butt on a bus, it stays on the bus, in Montgomery or otherwise.
explanation: Parks ignited the Civil Rights Movement after being arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a bus to a white person in Montgomery, Alabama on December 1, 1955. The word "parks" in the clue is a reference to her last name. more…
solved by: Matthew Preston, Denise Sawicki, Mike Eberhart, Dave Mitzman, Lori Lancaster, Aaron Fischer, Jackie Mason, Kelly Hardie, Kelly Stokes, Edward Tegge, Andy Hubbartt, and Chris Mead
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