AdvertisementNo Meekness Here: Meet Rosa Parks, 'Lifelong Freedom Fighter'November 29, 2015NPR StafffacebookEmailRosa Parks joins in a march at the South African Embassy in Washington, Dec. 10, 1984, protesting that country's racial policies. She's famous for refusing to give up her seat on a bus in 1955, sparking the Montgomery boycotts â but her activism spanned her entire life. (AP)