Answer: rosaparks

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ROSAPARKS

Protester who was famously arrested 50 years ago

ROSAPARKS

Name in 1955 news

ROSAPARKS

1955 civil rights headliner

ROSAPARKS
Montgomery boycott instigator
ROSAPARKS
Onetime boycott instigator
ROSAPARKSShe wouldn't take an affront sitting down
ROSAPARKSCivil rights movement figure
ROSAPARKSBack seat refuser, 1955
ROSAPARKSShe took a seat to take a stand
ROSAPARKSActivist who'd make a good valet?