Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks (1913-2005) was an American rights activist who is known as “the mother of the civil rights movement.” She is most famous for the Montgomery bus incident during which Parks was arrested for not giving up her seat to a fellow white passenger. For her contribution to the American society, she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Congressional Gold Medal among many other accolades. Besides being an advocate of peace and justice, she was also a staunch follower of the vegetarian lifestyle.
“I have been a vegetarian for a few years. It was not hard at all to not eat meat. [Becoming a vegetarian] was something I wanted to do.”