Wikipedia article of the day for February 4, 2026
The Wikipedia article of the day for February 4, 2026 is Rosa Parks . Rosa Parks (February 4, 1913 – October 24, 2005) was an American civil rights movement activist best known for her refusal to move from her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, in defiance of Jim Crow racial-segregation laws. When Parks was arrested in 1955, local leaders were searching for a person who would be a good legal test case against segregation. She was deemed a suitable candidate, and the Women's Political Council (WPC) organized a one-day bus boycott on the day of her trial. After Parks was found guilty of violating state law, the boycott was extended indefinitely, lasting for 381 days and finally concluding after segregation on buses was deemed unconstitutional in the court case Browder v. Gayle. Parks received many awards and honors, both throughout her life and posthumously. She received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, a Congressional Gold Medal, and was also the first Black America...
