Rosa Parks, an inaugural Freedom Award honoree, was a courageous civil rights activist, community leader, and wife. - Called “The Mother of the Civil Rights Movement” she dedicated her life to the fight for social justice. - Angry over the lynching of Emmett Till and learning of the acquittal of Till’s murder, she decided to stand up by remaining seated on a Montgomery Buss on December 1, 1955. Her refusal to move for a white passenger led to her arrest and sparked the 381-day Montgomery Bus Boycott. To learn more about this year's honorees visit ➡️ bit.ly/2023FreedomAward #32ndFreedomAward #TrailBlazers #LeadByExample #CivlRights #HumanRights #StrongerTogether #WomenLead #FreedomAward