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Rosa Louise McCauley Parks, known simply as Rosa Parks, was born on February 4, 1913, and was an American activist in the Civil Rights Movement. Bus boycotts, mass protests, and grassroots organizing were all part of Parks’ life long before she became “the first lady of civil rights” when she refused to give up her bus seat to a white man The actual bus on which Rosa Parks sat was made available for the public to board and sit in the seat that Rosa Parks refused to give up. [ 153 ] On February 4, 2,000 birthday wishes gathered from people throughout the United States were transformed into 200 graphics messages at a celebration held on her 100th Birthday at the Davis Theater for Rosa Parks, the civil rights icon who died in 2005, would have turned 107 today. She wasn't the first activist jailed for not giving up her seat. Rosa Parks, the civil rights icon who died in 2005 Rosa Parks (born February 4, 1913, Tuskegee, Alabama, U.S.—died October 24, 2005, Detroit, Michigan) was an American civil rights activist whose refusal to relinquish her seat on a public bus precipitated the 1955–56 Montgomery bus boycott in Alabama, which became the spark that ignited the civil rights movement in the United States. MONTGOMERY, Ala. - People in Montgomery gathered to celebrate what would have been Rosa Parks’ 112th birthday at Troy University’s Rosa Parks Museum.Nearly 70 years ago, the civil rights icon Rosa Parks Day is a holiday in honor of the civil rights leader Rosa Parks, celebrated in the U.S. states of Missouri and Massachusetts on her birthday, February 4, in Michigan and California on the first Monday after her birthday, and in Ohio, Texas, Alabama, Tennessee, Oregon and several cities and counties on the day she was arrested, December 1. The latter date is the icon’s birthday, declared Rosa Parks Day by Ohio and Oregon. A legend of the civil rights movement, Parks’ refusal to give up her bus seat in 1955 ignited a long boycott that lasted for 381 days, leading to the desegregation of transportation in Montgomery, Alabama. The Rosa Parks Museum will honor what would have been Mrs. Parks' 112th birthday on Saturday with free admissions, fun activities and special programs Troy University’s Rosa Parks Museum will celebrate what would have been the Civil Rights icon’s 112 th birthday on Saturday, Feb. 1 with free admission to the museum and special programs Today is: Rosa Parks Day. Today is: Rosa Parks Day. News Sports Life & Events Advertise Obituaries eNewspaper Legals. The holiday is celebrated on either February 4, her birthday, or on The sign features an image of Parks saying, “Today, this seat is reserved in honor of Rosa Parks.” The tribute comes on what would have been her 112 th birthday. This year also marks the 20 th anniversary of Metro’s historic Rosa Parks bus. The commemorative bus is the same model she protested on and was refurbished in 2005 after Parks The Rosa Parks Museum in Montgomery held a celebration of her life and legacy the day before her 111th birthday. Parks’ niece was there today, and she says Parks remained active in civil On February 4, 2013—which would have been Parks’ 100th birthday—a commemorative U.S. Postal Service stamp was released called the Rosa Parks Forever stamp, featuring a rendition of the famed Remembering Rosa Parks On Her 100th Birthday Civil rights activist Rosa Parks would have been 100 years old today. NPR's Celeste Headlee talks with listeners about the first time they learned Happy Birthday, Rosa Parks! Rosa Louise McCauley Parks was born on February 4, 1913 in Tuskegee, Ala., and became an iconic symbol of the Civil Rights Movement in the 50s after she refused to give Rosa Parks posing for a front cover days after the bus incident. Guernsey’s. She didn’t know it at the time but December 1, 1955 would be the day that would put her name in history books. Every time my birthday would roll around on Feb. 4, I would imagine Rosa Parks — when she was still alive — sitting with those who were close to her and celebrating as I did. Rosa Parks (1913—2005) helped initiate the civil rights movement in the United States when she refused to give up her seat to a white man on a Montgomery, Alabama bus in 1955. Her actions The free rides are in honor of Rosa Parks' birthday and Transit Equity Day. PANAMA CITY — Residents who take the bus might be pleasantly surprised on Tuesday when they find there is no fare. (The following is a guest post by Lee Ann Potter, director of Educational Outreach for the Library of Congress.) Born Rosa Louise McCauley on February 4, 1913, in Tuskegee, Ala., the civil rights activist would have been 102 years old today. It is impossible to imagine how many birthday wishes she received in her 92 A Laketran rider sitting next to the seat marked reserved in honor of Rosa Parks. Throughout the week of Feb. 3, 2025, the first seat on Laketran and Geauga Transit buses will be reserved for a tribute commemorating Parks' commitment to public transit equity, and impact on the modern Civil Rights Movement.
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