Women of the Civil Rights Movement: LIFE Photos

Today marks the 55th anniversary of the day Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama bus. Parks's civil disobedience began a city wide bus boycott, making her a national symbol for the Civil Rights Movement. Parks was, of course, just one of many African American women involved in the fight against racism and discrimination.

This article available online at:

http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2010/12/women-of-the-civil-rights-movement-life-photos/67304/