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Who was Rosa Parks? 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 At age 16, Rosa dropped out of high school to care for her sick grandmother and mother. A few years later, she returned and got her diploma. In 1996, Rosa received the Presidential Medal of Freedom. It’s the highest award a civilian can get. In 1999, TIME magazine called Rosa one of the most influential people of the 20th century. Unfortunately, Rosa's education was cut short when her mother became very ill. Rosa left school to care for her mother. A few years later Rosa met Raymond Parks. Raymond was a successful barber who worked in Montgomery. They married a year later in 1932. Rosa worked part time jobs and went back to school, finally earning her high school diploma. On December 1, 1955, Parks was riding a Montgomery city bus. At the time the buses were segregated. She was sitting in a section where whites had first pick of seats. A white man wanted her seat, but Parks refused to move. She was arrested, jailed, and fined. Rosa Parks was a civil right activist in the mid to late 20th century. Rosa Parks is most famous for her refusal to give up her seat on a bus to a white passenger. Rosa Parks legal birthname was Rosa Louise McCauley. Rosa Parks was born on February 4th, 1913 in Tuskegee, Alabama, United States. Rosa Parks was the daughter of James and Leona Rosa Parks Day is observed each year on February 4, her birthday. Schools and institutions worldwide will study Rosa Parks’s role in the Movement for Civil Rights for Black Americans on this day. Rosa Parks Day is also observed on December 1, the anniversary of her arrest. The first woman to get a Presidential award Rosa Parks was born on February 4, 1913, in Tuskegee, Alabama. When she was a child she was often sick and sadly had to spend a lot of time in bed. Then when she was two their family moved to live with their grandparents on a farm in a town called Pine Level. Rosa loved being on the farm with her family. Rosa was also given the highest award given by the U.S. legislative branch, Congressional Gold Medal in 1997, and in 1999, Rosa Parks was named on the TIME magazine list of “The Top 20 most influential People of the 20th Century”. At the age of 92, Rosa passed away in Detroit, Michigan. Rosa Parks Day is also celebrated on December 1 st, which is the day she was arrested. What are key facts about Rosa Parks for kids? On 4 th of February 1913, Rosa Parks was born in the state of Alabama. Her father worked as a carpenter and her mother as a teacher. Rosa Parks’s parents separated when she was a little girl. Rosa Parks stood up for herself at a time when no one else would. Her courage started a movement that led to greater equality for African Americans. Fun Facts Rosa Parks was born February 4, 1913 in Tuskegee, Alabama. Her parents separated when she was two years old. She and her mother went to live with Continue reading Rosa Parks → ARRESTED Rosa Parks is fingerprinted after an arrest in 1956, during the Montgomery bus boycott. UNDERWOOD ARCHIVES/GETTY IMAGES. In 1955, Rosa Parks was arrested for sitting on a bus. As in many cities in the South, the buses in Montgomery, Alabama, were segregated. Black people had to sit at the back. ARRESTED Rosa Parks is fingerprinted after an arrest in 1956, during the Montgomery bus boycott. UNDERWOOD ARCHIVES/GETTY IMAGES. In 1955, Rosa Parks was arrested for sitting on a bus. As in many cities in the South, the buses in Montgomery, Alabama, were segregated. Black people had to sit at the back. Time For Kids: Rosa Parks: Civil Rights Pioneer (Time For Kids Biographies) Paperback – December 26, 2006 by Editors of TIME For Kids (Author) 4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars 34 ratings Time For Kids: Rosa Parks: Civil Rights Pioneer Hardcover – January 1, 2007 by Editors Of Time For Kids (Author) 4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars 34 ratings Nine months before Rosa Parks also did this and it helped change the world. The bus of Rosa Parks. On December 1st, 1955, a woman named Rosa Parks was at work. Rosa Parks was forty-two years old and she worked as a seamstress in a department store. She also had been active in her local chapter of the NAACP. Rosa Louise McCauley Parks (February 4, 1913 – October 24, 2005) was an African-American civil rights activist. She has been called "the mother of the modern-day American civil rights movement " and "the mother of the freedom movement." 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 meets with the Pope in St. Louis and reads a statement to the Pope asking for racial healing. 2005: Rosa Parks dies Rosa Parks dies in her Detroit home on October 24th. Rosa Parks' funeral service, seven hours long, was held at the Greater Grace Temple Church on November 2nd. She died of progressive dementia. 2006: statue At that time, white people and black people were kept apart in some American states. There, when a woman called Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat, a bus journey became very important. 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
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