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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. 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 Mary Marow of Detroit, Mich., holds a photo of civil rights activist Rosa Parks outside the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History in Detroit, Michigan, Nov. 1, 2005. MRS. ROSA L. PARKS DAY Act 28 of 1997 AN ACT to designate the first Monday following February 4 as Mrs. Rosa L. Parks day in the state of Michigan. History: 1997, Act 28, Imd. Eff. June 18, 1997 . The People of the State of Michigan enact: The People of the State of Michigan enact: 435.111 Mrs. Rosa L. Parks day. Sec. 1. (1) The legislature recognizes the outstanding contributions to American life, history, and culture made by Mrs. Rosa L. Parks, a woman of great courage, vision, love, and faith, who for decades has resided Published Act no.28 of 1997 designated the first Monday following February 4, as Mrs Rosa Parks’ Day in the state of Michigan, her home state. She is the first living person to be honored with a holiday. She was voted by Time Magazine as one of the 100 most Influential people of the 20th century. On December 1, 1955, Mrs. Parks boarded a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, after a long day's work as a seamstress. When the bus driver called out, "N***ers, move back," Rosa Parks refused. A Michigan public act first 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. On December 1, 1955, Mrs. Parks boarded a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, after a long day’s work as a seamstress. When the bus driver called out, “Niggers, move back,” Rosa Parks refused. Her eloquent “No” sparked a 301-day boycott of the Montgomery bus system by Black citizens and her moment of personal courage helped inspire twenty After Parks died in Detroit in 2005 at the age of 92, she became the first woman to lie in honor in the Capitol Rotunda in Washington, D.C. California, Missouri, Ohio, and Oregon commemorate Rosa Parks Day every year, and highways in Missouri, Michigan, and Pennsylvania bear her name. Rosa Parks Day is celebrated in the U.S. on December 1 to honor Rosa Parks, the brave civil rights activist. Her contributions have been most impactful to the movement, but her most famous incident is her refusal to give up her seat on a bus she was commuting on. Rosa Parks Day 2025, 2026 and 2027. Rosa Parks Day celebrates the life of the activist who toiled on behalf of African-American civil rights. It is a state-level holiday in California and Ohio. Rosa Parks was born on 4 February 1913 in Tuskagee, Alabama, and died in 2005 at the age of 92 in Detroit, Michigan. Since day one, Governor Whitmer and Lt. Governor Gilchrist have made it a priority to amplify Black voices and generate real and lasting change. Governor Whitmer has appointed more than 535 Black Michiganders to boards, commissions, and full-time positions, and 29, or one-third, of judicial appointees are Black, including the first Black woman 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 by Rosa Parks; She Would Not Be Moved by Herbert R. Kohl; Boycott (2001) Selma (2014) You can also visit the Rosa Parks Museum at Troy University. Rosa Parks Day is officially celebrated in several states, including California, Ohio, Alabama, Missouri, Oregon, and Tennessee. There have been proposals for the day to be made into a Rosa Parks being fingerprinted on February 22, 1956, by Lieutenant D.H. Lackey as one of the people indicted as leaders of the Montgomery bus boycott. She was one of 73 people rounded up by deputies that day after a grand jury charged 113 African Americans for organizing the boycott. 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 December 1, 1955: Rosa Parks Is Arrested. On Thursday, December 1, 1955, the 42-year-old Rosa Parks was commuting home from a long day of work at the Montgomery Fair department store by bus. Black Rosa Parks Day in Michigan is a day when we celebrate the courage and influence of Rosa Parks in the fight for civil rights. On this day, we are inspired by her actions and call for continued struggle for equality and justice. Michigan is proud of its history and dedication to the values that Rosa Parks represents.
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