Which statement best describes Rosa Parks?

O She spent her whole life fighting to improve

life in Alabama

She became involved in the civil rights

movement by accident.

O She and her husband had long been active in

the civil rights movement.

C. She and her husband had long been active in the civil rights movement.

Explanation:

Rosa Parks, even before she denied giving her seat to a white person on the bus, was a civil rights activist. Her and her husband actually became very much involved in the civil rights movement, working with the Scottsboro Boys and trying to free them. Rosa's grandparents were former slaves so she had always fought hard for freedom.

C. She and her husband had long been active in the civil rights movement.