Rosa Parks

When we think of the Civil Rights Movement we think of the United States - but it happened here too...'s refusal to leave her seat in 1955 made waves not just across the United States, but also across the world.

, the Polish-born socialist, once said that "Those who do not move do not notice their chains." The fact that Luxemburg was Jewish at a time when antisemitism was virulent in central Europe added to her sense of injustice.