text: most important event to occur during the civil rights movement?   perhpas it was even before rosa parks, another young lady had done the same thing & it caused a stir & rosa was trying to help her get legal help. in the meantime, rosa made the same strategical move herself. in fact, there were many, many persons. rosa decided to do this because she was attempting to help these persons get legal help & because she was a "better candidate" geven her age, being female, and her already standing associations with politics & church. rosa is admired for what she did & deservidly so... but persons who want the whole story should have access to the whole story