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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". Parks became an NAACP activist in 1943, participating in several high-profile civil rights Rosa’s Brother, Sylvester James McCauley. Sylvester James McCauley, Rosa’s only sibling, was born on August 20, 1915, in Pine Level, Alabama. When their mother became seriously ill, Sylvester left school to help support the family. During World War II he served in the Army in the European and the Pacific theaters. Rosa Parks, a figurehead for equality, not only shaped a nation but also nurtured the generations within her own family tree. Key Influential Ancestors. Someone in Rosa Parks’ lineage who stood as a beacon of strength and perseverance was her paternal grandfather, Anderson McCauley, a former slave who became a successful Alabama farmer. Yet few know the other side of Parks’ life. A new memoir, “Our Auntie Rosa: The Family of Rosa Parks Remembers Her Life and Lessons” (Tarcher/Penguin, 2015), provides a look at Parks as a model of excellence in daily life, as well as a devoted mother figure to her niece, Sheila McCauley Keys, and Keys’ 12 siblings. Parks had one sibling, a brother named Sylvester James McCauley born on August 20, 1915 in Tuskegee, Alabama. He was Parks’ younger brother. After Parks moved to Detroit in 1957, she reconnected with Sylvester. Parks’ nieces and nephews were her only family. The family called her “Auntie Rosa” and she was a devoted mother figure to them. Rosa Parks is an iconic figure known for her pivotal role in the Civil Rights Movement of the United States. While her contribution to history is widely recognized, lesser-known aspects of her life include her family background and the siblings who played a part in shaping her character. Sylvester James McCauley, Rosa’s only sibling, was born on August 20, 1915, in Pine Level, Alabama. When their mother became seriously ill, Sylvester left school to help support the family. California and Missouri commemorate Rosa Parks Day on her birthday February 4, while Ohio and Oregon commemorate the occasion on the anniversary of the day she was arrested, December 1. Rosa Parks was born Rosa Louise McCauley in Tuskegee, Alabama, on February 4, 1913, to Leona (née Edwards), a teacher, and James McCauley, a carpenter. Explore genealogy for Rosa (McCauley) Parks born 1913 Tuskegee, Macon, Alabama, United States died 2005 Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States including ancestors + 5 photos + 14 genealogist comments + questions + more in the free family tree community. Genealogy for Rosa Louise Parks (McCauley) (1913 - 2005) family tree on Geni, with over 255 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives. Rosa Parks in 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 was born Rosa Louise McCauley in Tuskegee, Alabama, on February 4, 1913, to Leona (née Edwards), a teacher, and James McCauley, a carpenter.In addition to African ancestry, one of Parks's great-grandfathers was Scots-Irish, and one of her great-grandmothers was a part–Native American slave. When Rosa Parks was born on 25 August 1881, in North Carolina, United States, her father, William M Parks, was 29 and her mother, Mariah Leviner, was 19. She married Charlie Wesley Jacobs about 1905, in Richmond, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 6 daughters. Rosa Parks, born Rosa Louise McCauley on February 4, 1913, in Tuskegee, Alabama, was the daughter of James McCauley, a skilled carpenter and stonemason, and Leona Edwards McCauley, a teacher. Growing up in a middle-class family, Rosa faced challenges from a young age. Keys hopes to ensure the public knows of that relationship with a book of memories she edited, written by her and her siblings, the children of Parks' only brother, Sylvester McCauley. Rosa Parks was born into a family with several siblings. She had one younger brother, Sylvester McCauley, and two older siblings, her brother, Charles McCauley, and her sister, Leona McCauley. The McCauley family, though not affluent, was very close-knit, and each of Rosa’s siblings had an impact on her upbringing and worldview. 1 photograph : print ; sheet 17.7 x 12.6 cm (5 x 7 format) | Photograph shows a half-length portrait of Sylvester J. McCauley (1915-1977), Rosa Parks' brother, in his Army Air Corps uniform. Rosa Parks/Siblings Following her act of bravery on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1955, Rosa Parks and her husband moved to Detroit in 1957, where Parks largely disappeared from public view. There, Parks reconnected with her only sibling, Sylvester McCauley, and her nieces and nephews. Up from Pine Level Nobody knows exactly where in Tuskegee, Alabama, Rosa McCauley was born on February 4, 1913. The town newspaper reported that the skies were clear and it was unseasonably warm that day, but beyond that, and the fact that she was named after her maternal grandmother, Rose, virtually no reliable documentation exists on the early years of Rosa Louise Parks. 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.
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