Rosa Parks faced significant challenges leading to her stand against segregation, including systemic racism, personal threats, and societal pressure as an African American woman in the 1950s. On December 1, 1955, her refusal to give up her bus seat to a white passenger sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott and became a pivotal moment in the Civil Rights Movement. Parks’ preceding experiences with discrimination and her years of activism with the NAACP deeply informed her decision, emphasizing her role as a catalyst for change in quest for equality.