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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. Who is Rosa Parks? 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 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. Her actions were not without consequence. She was jailed for refusing to give up her seat and lost her job for participating in the boycott. After the boycott, Parks and her husband moved to Hampton, Virginia and later permanently settled in Detroit, Michigan. Parks work proved to be invaluable in Detroit’s Civil Rights Movement. Rosa Louise McCauley Parks, known simply as Rosa Parks, was born on February 4, 1913, and was an American activist in the Civil Rights Movement. Bus boycotts, mass protests, and grassroots organizing were all part of Parks’ life long before she became “the first lady of civil rights” when she refused to give up her bus seat to a white man Rosa Louise McCauley—known to history by her married name, Rosa Parks—is born in Tuskegee, Alabama on February 4, 1913. A lifelong civil rights activist, Parks' name has become synonymous with Rosa Parks was born Rosa Louise McCauley on February 4, 1913, in Tuskegee, Alabama, USA, to Leona and James McCauley. She belonged to a middle class family. Her father was a carpenter, while her mother was a teacher. Her parents separated and she moved to Pine Level with her mother. Her school, the Montgomery Industrial School, was burned down twice by racist arsonists. Trivia. There are two Rosa Parks days in her honor: Her birthday, February 4th, and the day of her arrest, December 1st. Family Life. She married barber Raymond Parks, a member of the NAACP, in 1932. Associated With Full name: Rosa Louise McCauley Parks Born: 4 February 1913 Hometown: Tuskegee, Alabama, USA Occupation: Civil rights activist Died: 24 October 2005 Best known for: The Montgomery Bus Boycott. Rosa was born in the town of Tuskegee in Alabama, a state in southern USA. Her mother was a teacher and her father a carpenter, and she had a little The Rosa Parks Museum in Montgomery held a celebration of her life and legacy the day before her 111th birthday. Sunday marks 111 years since the birth of civil rights icon Rosa Parks. Her In Her Own Words. 16 Rosa Parks Quotes About Civil Rights; 2013—which would have been Parks’ 100th birthday—a commemorative U.S. Postal Service stamp was released called the Rosa Parks 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 A celebration for civil rights icon, Rosa Parks, on what would have been her 112th birthday party at Troy University’s Rosa Parks Museum. MONTGOMERY, Ala. - People in Montgomery gathered to celebrate what would have been Rosa Parks’ 112th birthday at Troy University’s Rosa Parks Museum.Nearly 70 years ago, the civil rights icon On February 4 we will celebrate the centennial birthday of Rosa Parks. In honor of her birthday here is a list of 100 facts about her life. 1. Rosa Parks was born on Feb 4, 1913 in Tuskegee, Alabama. Remembering Rosa Parks On Her 100th Birthday Civil rights activist Rosa Parks would have been 100 years old today. NPR's Celeste Headlee talks with listeners about the first time they learned On Feb. 4, 1913, Rosa (McCauley) Parks was born. She eventually would change the landscape of the civil rights movement. Most famous for refusing to give up her seat on a public bus, Parks acted “I would like to be known as a person who is concerned about freedom and equality and justice and prosperity for all people,” said Rosa Parks on her 77th birthday. And so, she was. Parks, known as “the mother of the civil rights movement,” walked into history on December 1, 1955, when she refused to give up her seat for a white man on a In 1998, various US states introduced Rosa Parks Days — some on December 1, the anniversary of her arrest, others on February 4, her birthday. When her house in Detroit was scheduled for demolition in 2016, her niece bought it and had Ryan Menoza, a US artist, dismantle it and .
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