The term 'Big Name in Civil Rights' refers to two prominent figures in the civil rights movement: Coretta Scott King (7 letters) and ROSA Parks (4 letters). Coretta Scott King was an American author, activist, and civil rights leader. She was the wife of Martin Luther King Jr., and after his assassination she continued his work in the civil rights movement. ROSA Parks was an African-American civil rights activist who famously refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama in 1955. Her act of civil disobedience sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott, which was a major event in the civil rights movement.