PARKS, ROSA


Meaning of PARKS, ROSA in English

Parks, Ro ‧ sa /pɑːks $ pɑːrks, ˈrəʊzə/ BrE AmE

(1913–2005) an African-American woman who became famous in 1955 because she refused to give her seat on a bus to a white man. This action was illegal in the US state of Alabama and she was ↑ arrest ed by the police. As a result Martin Luther King persuaded people not to use these buses, and in 1956 the US Supreme Court said that ↑ segregation (=keeping black people separate from white people) on buses was not legal. Rosa Parks' action is therefore seen as an important event in the Civil Rights Movement.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.