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On February 4, to celebrate Rosa Parks's 100th birthday, the Henry Ford Museum declared the day a "National Day of Courage" with 12 hours of virtual and on-site activities featuring nationally recognized speakers, musical and dramatic interpretative performances, a panel presentation of "Rosa's Story" and a reading of the tale "Quiet Strength 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. Rosa Parks, born Rosa Louise McCauley on February 4, 1913, in Tuskegee, Alabama, is celebrated as a pivotal figure in the American civil rights movement. Her most notable act of defiance occurred on December 1, 1955, when she refused to yield her bus seat to a white passenger in Montgomery, Alabama. Rosa Parks was born on February 4, 1913 in Tuskegee, Alabama. She refused to give up her seat on a bus in 1955, sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott and the Civil Rights Movement. Rosa Parks was born on February 4, 1913, in Tuskegee, Alabama. She refused to give up her seat to a white man on a Montgomery bus in 1955, sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott and the civil rights movement. Birthday: February 4, 1913 Born In: Rosa Parks was born Rosa Louise McCauley on February 4, 1913, in Tuskegee, Alabama, USA, to Leona and James McCauley. She The family moved to Montgomery; Rosa went to school and became a seamstress. She married barber Raymond Parks in 1932, and the couple joined the Montgomery National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). When she inspired the bus boycott, Parks had been the secretary of the local NAACP for twelve years (1943-1956). Rosa Parks' Montgomery, Ala. Sheriff's Department booking photo taken on Feb. 22, 1956. Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a bus for a white passenger on Dec. 1, 1955 in In the 1950s, Rosa Parks gave the US Civil Rights Movement a huge boost, and inspired Martin Luther King Jr. others on February 4, her birthday. When her house in Detroit was scheduled for Learn about the life and legacy of Rosa Parks, the courageous woman who refused to give up her seat on a segregated bus in 1955. Find out her biography, achievements, awards, and interesting facts on this web page. Rosa Parks, the "Mother of the Civil Rights Movement" was one of the most important citizens of the 20th century. Mrs. Parks was a seamstress in Montgomery, Alabama when, in December of 1955, she refused to give up her seat on a city bus to a white passenger. The bus driver had her arrested. She was tried and convicted of violating a local ordinance. Her act sparked a citywide boycott of the ROSA LOUISE PARKS BIOGRAPHY. Rosa Louise Parks was nationally recognized as the “mother of the modern day civil rights movement” in America. Her refusal to surrender her seat to a white male passenger on a Montgomery, Alabama bus, December 1, 1955, triggered a wave of protest December 5, 1955 that reverberated throughout the United States. ROSA LOUISE PARKS BIOGRAPHY. Rosa Louise Parks was nationally recognized as the “mother of the modern day civil rights movement” in America. Her refusal to surrender her seat to a white male passenger on a Montgomery, Alabama bus, December 1, 1955, triggered a wave of protest December 5, 1955 that reverberated throughout the United States. 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 Rosa Parks Museum in Montgomery held a celebration of her life and legacy the day before her 111th birthday. A celebration for civil rights icon, Rosa Parks, on what would have been her 112th birthday party at Troy University’s Rosa Parks Museum. A Michigan public act established Rosa Parks Day, celebrated on the first Monday following her February 4 birthday. Rosa Parks was 92 years old when she died in her Detroit home on October 24, 2005. The front seats of city buses in Detroit and Montgomery were adorned with black ribbons in the days preceding her funeral. 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 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 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.
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