Raymond Arthur Parks (February 12, 1903 – August 19, 1977) was an American activist in the civil rights movement and barber, best known as the husband of Rosa Parks. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] His wife called him "the first real activist I ever met.” [ 3 ] Full Name Rosa Louise McCauley Parks ; Birth Date February 4, 1913 ; Death Date 2005-10-24 ; Husband. Rosa Parks met Raymond Parks in 1932 when she was just 19 In 1957 Parks moved with her husband and mother to Detroit, where from 1965 to 1988 she worked on the staff of Michigan Congressman John Conyers, Jr. She remained active in the NAACP, and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference established an annual Rosa Parks Freedom Award in her honor. In 1987 she cofounded the Rosa and Raymond Parks April 14, 2005: Parks and the hip-hop group Outkast reach an out-of-court settlement regarding their 1998 song "Rosa Parks." October 24, 2005: Parks dies at the age of 92 She continued to work for him until 1988, when she retired. Her husband died in 1977 from cancer. In 1992, she published her autobiography, "Rosa Parks: My Story," and in 1995, published a revised autobiography, "Quiet Strength." She died in her apartment in a Detroit nursing home at the age of 92. Born Rosa Louise McCauley on Feb. 4, 1913, she married Raymond Parks in 1932. By the early 1950s, Rosa Parks and her now deceased husband were long-time activists in Montgomery Alabama's chapter A mutual friend introduced Raymond to Rosa in the spring of 1931. He proposed on their second date. She “thought he was too white,” but was impressed with his character and defiant attitude. They married on December 18, 1932, in Pine Level and remained a devoted couple until his death in 1977. Her husband died of throat cancer on August 19, 1977, and her brother, her only sibling, died of cancer that November. Her personal ordeals caused her to become removed from the civil rights movement. beta. Rosa Parks - Her Husband's Death . Time: Friday Aug 19, 1977 : Friday Aug 19, 1977 In 1987, a decade after her husband’s death, Parks founded the Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self-Development with longtime friend Elaine Eason Steele. 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 His famous wife, Rosa Parks, became an iconic civil rights leader during the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott in Alabama. Yet Rosa’s husband was daring in a far more significant, far-reaching way than the white-lightning-peddling, white stock car owner who shares his name. Even before he and Rosa married, Raymond Parks did dangerous things. After the death of her husband in 1977, Mrs. Parks founded the Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self-Development. The Institute sponsors an annual summer program for teenagers called Pathways to Freedom. The young people tour the country in buses, under adult supervision, learning the history of their country and of the civil rights movement. ROSA PARKS (1913–2005) Ten years after the death of her husband in 1977, Mrs. Parks founded the Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Created Date: 2/4/2013 DETROIT (AP) - Rosa Lee Parks, whose refusal to give up her bus seat to a white man sparked the modern civil rights movement, died Monday. She was 92. Mrs. Parks died at her home of natural causes, Raymond Arthur Parks (February 12, 1903 – August 19, 1977) was an American activist in the civil rights movement and barber, best known as the husband of Rosa Parks. [1] [2] His wife called him "the first real activist I ever met.” Parks became a symbol of resistance and courage after her refusal to give up her seat to a white man on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1955. Her death marked the end of a remarkable life dedicated to fighting racial inequality. This article explores the details of Rosa Parks’ death, her impact, and her lasting legacy. "Rosa Parks' husband had a car and she took the bus just to be messy," "Emmett Till's Death Inspired a Movement." National Museum of African American History and Culture, Smithsonian, 28 Aug Date of Death: October 24, 2005 Rosa Parks invigorated the struggle for racial equality when she refused to give up her bus seat to a white man in Montgomery Rosa Parks' husband, too, Ilitch continued to quietly pay her rent until her death. In 2004, Rosa Parks was diagnosed with progressive dementia,
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