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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 führte mit ihrem Mann ein für die schwarze Bevölkerung typisch bescheidenes und arbeitsames Leben. Am 1. Dezember 1955 weigerte sie sich, ihren Sitzplatz in der städtischen Buslinie Montgomerys für einen weißen Fahrgast zu räumen und sich hinzustellen. 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. 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. 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. In 2001, the city of Grand Rapids, Michigan, consecrated Rosa Parks Circle, a 3.5-acre park designed by architect Maya Lin, who is best known for designing the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington. Das Rassismusdrama Boykott aus dem Jahr 2001 greift die Geschehnisse um Rosa Parks und Martin Luther King Jr. auf. [15] Ebenso bezieht sich der Film The Rosa Parks Story aus dem Jahr 2002 auf Parks’ Lebensgeschichte. Die dritte Folge der 11. Staffel der Serie Doctor Who (neue Serie) Rosa handelt von den Ereignissen im Jahr 1955. 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. The Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute Of Self-Development was established in 1987 to offer job training for black youth. In 1999, Parks received the Congressional Gold Medal of Honor, the highest honor a civilian can receive in the United States. The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) also sponsors an annual Rosa Parks Freedom Award. Rosa Louise McCauley Parks (1913 – 2005) was an African American civil right’s activist and seamstress whom the U.S. Congress dubbed the “Mother of the Modern-Day Civil Rights Movement”. Parks is famous for her refusal on 1 December 1955, to obey bus driver James Blake’s demand that she relinquish her seat to a white man. Rosa Louise McCauley Parks war eine amerikanische Bürgerrechtlerin, die oft als "Mutter der Freiheitsbewegung" und "First Lady of Civil Rights" bekannt ist. Sie war eine afroamerikanische Bürgerrechtlerin, die die Bürgerrechtsbewegung entzündete, indem sie einen mutigen Schritt unternahm, den bis dahin keine andere afroamerikanische Person Rosa Parks: Vor dem Bus. Erfahren Sie mehr über das Privatleben und das Erbe von Rosa Parks in der Bio.com-Videoserie 'American Freedom Stories'. Von Andrew CannizzaroJun 25, 2019; Geschichte & Kultur Erinnerung an Rosa Parks an ihrem 100. Geburtstag "Bei unserer Ankunft erhielten wir einen Anruf. When Rosa passed away on October 24, 2005, at the age of 92, people around the world mourned her loss. Her body lay in honor in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda, an honor reserved for only a few great Americans. Why Rosa Parks Matters. Rosa Parks’ story is a reminder that courage doesn’t always come with loud speeches or grand gestures. In April 1945 Rosa managed to enter the voters list after several attempts. In the following years Rosa Parks campaigned for several social projects she got consultant of the youth group of the NAACP. Through Nixon Rosa got to know Clifford and Virginia Durr, white people who campaigned for the rights of african-americans. The sign features an image of Parks saying, “Today, this seat is reserved in honor of Rosa Parks.” The tribute comes on what would have been her 112 th birthday. This year also marks the 20 th anniversary of Metro’s historic Rosa Parks bus. The commemorative bus is the same model she protested on and was refurbished in 2005 after Parks Rosa Parks (center, in dark coat and hat) rides a bus at the end of the Montgomery Bus Boycott, Montgomery, Alabama, Dec. 26, 1956. Don Cravens/The LIFE Images Collection via Getty Images/Getty Images. Most of us know Rosa Parks as the African American woman who quietly, but firmly, refused to give up her bus seat to a white person Dec. 1, 1955, in Montgomery, Alabama. That small act of Rosa Parks’ courageous act of defiance, against segregation and discrimination, was a historically significant moment in the fight for equal treatment for Black Americans. Transit Equity Day serves as a lasting way to commemorate her legacy in creating fair and equitable transit across the nation. Join CATS as we recognize Transit Equity Day It connects Rosa Parks’s actions to current social justice movements. Ideal for civil rights anniversaries, leadership conferences, and educational events. #3 A Legacy That Lives On. Honored guests and fellow citizens, today we celebrate the enduring legacy of Rosa Parks, a woman whose quiet strength changed America. 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 Rosa Parks var en amerikansk borgerrettighedsforkæmper, der blev kendt i hele USA, da hun den 1. december 1955 overtrådte reglerne i Montgomerys bybusser ved at nægtede at rejse sig for en hvid medpassager. Hermed indvarslede Rosa Parks en ny aktivistisk fase af borgerrettighedsbevægelsens historie.
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