Showcases rarely seen materials that offer an intimate view of Rosa Parks and documents her life and activism—creating a rich opportunity for viewers to discover new dimensions to their understanding of this seminal figure. The materials are drawn extensively from the Rosa Parks Collection, a gift to the Library of Congress from the Howard G. Buffett Foundation. 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 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. 1 photograph : airbrushed hand-colored gelatin silver print ; sheet 25.3 x 20.2 cm. | Photograph shows a head-and-shoulders portrait of Louisa Collins McCauley (ca. 1875-1941), Rosa Parks' paternal grandmother. Louisa Collins McCauley (ca. 1851–1941), Rosa Parks’s paternal grandmother. Photograph, ca. 1910. Visual Materials from the Rosa Parks Papers, Prints and 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 Park's grandmother's name was Amarie Black. Rosa Parks was a civil right activist that refused to give up her seat to a white passenger on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama. FULL NAME: Rosa Louise McCauley Parks BORN: February 4, 1913 DIED: October 24, In 1929, Rosa left the school in the 11 th grade to help both her sick grandmother and mother back in Pine Level. Rosa’s grandfather Sylvester is described in the book Rosa Parks: A Life in American History, 2021, page 6, as having been the son of a white plantation owner, likely named John Edwards, who raped Rosa’s great-grandmother. Rosa’s maternal grandmother was Rose/Rosena/Rosie Percival (the daughter of James Percival and Mary Janes Nobles). In 1919, she attended the Pine Level segregated school. Then, in 1924 she interrupted her schooling to be the primary caretaker for her ailing grandmother and mother. In 1932, Rosa married Raymond Parks. She went on to attend Montgomery Industrial School and Alabama State Teachers College to complete her high school education by 1934. Rosa Parks had a grandmother. Her ill health, and the subsequent sickness of Parks' mother, meant that Parks had to leave school, and was not able to become a teacher as she desired. (TV: Rosa) In the real world, her name was Rose Edwards. Unfortunately, Parks was forced to withdraw after her grandmother became ill. Growing up in the segregated South, Parks was frequently confronted with racial discrimination and violence. She became active in the Civil Rights Movement at a young age. Parks married a local barber by the name of Raymond Parks when she was 19. 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 – Rose or flower; Rosa Parks, civil rights icon. Simone – One who hears; Simone de Beauvoir, philosopher and feminist. Susan – Lily or pure; Susan B. Anthony, women’s suffrage leader. In 2000, Troy University created the Rosa Parks Museum, located at the site of her arrest in downtown Montgomery, Alabama. In 2001, the city of Grand Rapids, Michigan, consecrated Rosa Parks Circle, a 3.5-acre park designed by Maya Lin, an artist and architect best known for designing the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington, D.C. Since that moment, generations thought of her as a surrogate grandmother that stood for what’s right. Similar to most other grandparents, Rosa Parks passed due to complications with Alzheimer’s disease in 2005. There are still many things about the disease that are unclear but here’s what we know: What’s Alzheimer’s? Rosa Louise McCauley Parks was "the first lady of civil rights". She is best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Those who knew Rosa Pa Rosa and Parks lost their jobs as well though they were not fired; Parks resigned when his bosses banned any speak of Rosa on the premises, and Rosa was let go when her shop was forced to shut down. Rosa was then able to put her efforts into helping the MIA to arrange a sophisticated transportation system for the black citizens, made up of cars She Would Not Be Moved: how we tell the story of Rosa Parks and the Montgomery bus boycott. New York: The New Press, 2005. ISBN 1595580204; Parks, Rosa, with James Haskins. Rosa Parks, My Story. New York: Dial Books, 1992. ISBN 0803706731; Parks, Rosa, with Gregory J. Reed. Quiet Strength. Zondervan, 1994. ISBN 978-0310501503
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