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Rosa Parks was a Black civil rights activist whose refusal to give up her bus seat to a white man ignited the American civil rights movement. Because she played a leading role in the Montgomery bus boycott, she is called the ‘mother of the civil rights movement.’ Rosa Parks, born on February 4, 1913, in Tuskegee, Alabama, was shaped by her early childhood experiences and the societal climate of the segregated South. After her parents separated when Parks was just two years old, she moved with her mother to Pine Level, Alabama, to live with her maternal grandparents, who were former enslaved people Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat and set in motion one of the largest social movements in history, the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Find out more about her at womenshistory.org. Rosa Parks, also known as ‘the first lady of civil rights’ and ‘the mother of the freedom movement’, was a famous African-American civil rights activist. This biography profiles her childhood, life, career, works, achievements and timeline. Activist Rosa Parks sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott that partially ended racial segregation. Read facts about her birth, accomplishments, and more. 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 Rosa Louise McCauley Parks (February 4, 1913 – October 24, 2005) was an American activist in the civil rights movement, best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott. The United States Congress has honored her as "the first lady of civil rights" and "the mother of the freedom movement". [1] Rosa Parks is best known for refusing to give up her seat on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1955, which sparked a yearlong boycott that was a turning point in the civil rights Rosa Parks (1913-2005) is one of the most enduring symbols of the tumultuous civil rights era of the mid-twentieth century. Rosa Parks invigorated the struggle for racial equality when she refused to give up her bus seat to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama. Parks' arrest on December 1, 1955 launched the Montgomery Bus Boycott by 17,000 black citizens. Rosa Parks Biography: Her Life, Struggle, and Overcoming Racism Paperback – June 22, 2020 by Dillon Reed (Author) 4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 18 ratings Rosa faced many challenges in her life, which is to be expected. Her struggles from her childhood, the constant fear of the Ku Klux Klan, humiliation, being put into jail for not giving her seat up to a white man, and death threats after she got out of jail are just a few. Find out who really was Rosa Parks, what aspirations drove her, what achievements did she make, and what was her legacy. Here’s a preview of what you’ll discover in this book: Rosa Parks’ childhood, early life, and education . Her Marriage to Raymond Parks, and association with the NAACP. Experience with the Montgomery Bus Boycott Rosa Parks had a quiet demeanor, but with her collected composure she helped to stir the consciousness of an entire country. How did she do it and what has her work meant since then? This unique book will help you rediscover a mild-mannered woman who championed the cause of civil liberties and equality for everyone. In 1987, she and long-time friend Elaine Steele started the Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self Development, which continues today to educate youth about the struggle for civil and human rights. On a drugstore bag found in her collection, an elderly Rosa Parks doodled over and over, “The Struggle Continues.” The impetus for this website came from three directions. First, Rosa Parks is one of the most well-known Americans of the 20th century. She is studied in classes throughout the country. But much of what is easily accessible on the web about her biography distorts and diminishes her “life history of being a rebel,” as View Article The papers of Rosa Parks (1913-2005) span the years 1866-2006, with the bulk of the material dating from 1955 to 2000. The collection, which contains approximately 7,500 items in the Manuscript Division, as well as 2,500 photographs in the Prints and Photographs Division, documents many aspects of Parks's private life and public activism on behalf of civil rights for African Americans. It is time to move Rosa Parks beyond the elementary school curriculum. Drawn from The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks and various archival sources including Rosa Parks’ newly-opened papers at the Library of Congress, this project traces the expanse of Rosa Parks’ political work and commitments and the breadth of the Black struggle for justice across the 20th century. But a cache of Parks’s papers set to be unveiled Tuesday at the Library of Congress portrays a battle-tested activist who had been steeped in the struggle against white violence since childhood. Key Texts on Rosa Parks. The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks (Boston: Beacon Press) by Jeanne Theoharis, first published in 2013 with a second edition in 2015 (including a new introduction surveying the recently opened papers at the Library of Congress) is the first footnoted full-length biography of Parks.
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