With the world torn apart by racial tension, Parks put her foot down to defend a right and a cause to stop racial discrimination. On December 1, 1955, in Birmingham, Alabama, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man. That day she was arrested for civil disobedience of Alabama's segregation law. This is considered one of the bravest civil rights movements of all time. The parks sparked the Birmingham bus boycott. Birmingham's black community would boycott by not using public transport. Blacks across the nation followed Parks' boycott which ultimately led to equality. Park's tremendous act of leadership impacted Black people and Black people everywhere