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Rosa Parks is best known for refusing to give up her seat on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1955, which sparked a yearlong boycott that was a turning point in the civil rights Rosa Parks (1913-2005) was an iconic figure in the American Civil Rights Movement. Born in Tuskegee, Alabama, Parks became known for her courageous act of refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1955. 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". [1] Rosa Parks was born Rosa Louise McCauley to James McCauley and Leona née Edwards at Tuskegee, Alabama. Her father was a stonemason and carpenter while her mother was a teacher. Her maternal grandmother was the daughter of a mixed-race slave. A timeline covering the life of Rosa Parks, 1913-2005. Attended a workshop at the Highlander Folk School, Monteagle, Tennessee, in August. Published with Jim Haskins Rosa Parks: My Story. New York: Dial Books. Published with Gregory J. Reed Quiet Strength: The Faith, the Hope, the Heart of a Woman Who Changed a Nation. 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. When they began seeing each other, Raymond was working to free the Scottsboro boys, nine young men picked up for riding the rails, wrongly accused of rape, and sentenced to death in 1931 Alabama. Rosa and Raymond married in December 1932 “right in the middle of the campaign to save the Scottsboro Boys. Her brother, Sylvester McCauley, now deceased, was born August 20, 1915. Later, the family moved to Pine Level, Alabama where Rosa was reared and educated in the rural school. 1913- Rosa louis McCauley born in Tuskegee, Alabama. 1931- Rosa becomes highly active in defending the Scottsboro Boys.. 1932-Rosa Louis McCauley weds Raymond Parks. 2001: Parks's house placed in the National Registry of Historic Places October 24, 2005: Death of Rosa Parks in her apartment February 4, 2013: Rosa Parks's would-be 100th birthday 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 L. Parks Timeline Birth-Death. 1913>>Rosa Louise McCauley is borne in Tuskegee, Alabama on February 4th 1917>>Rosa moves to Pine Level, Alabama Rosa Parks was born February 4, 1913 in Tuskegee, Alabama, to parents Leona Edwards and James McCauley. Period: Jan 1, 1924 to Dec 31, 1929 Education Rosa Parks, the "Mother of the Civil Rights Movement" was one of the most important citizens of the 20th century. Mrs. Parks was a seamstress in Montgomery, Alabama when, in December of 1955, she refused to give up her seat on a city bus to a white passenger. The bus driver had her arrested. She was tried and convicted of violating a local ordinance. Her act sparked a citywide boycott of the In October of 2005, Rosa Park's died of natural causes in her appartment on the east side of the city. She was given a grand funeral, and let lie in honor in the rotunda of the U.S. Capital. Parks was the 31st person, the first American who had not been a U.S. government official, and the second private person to be honored in this way. Activist Rosa Parks sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott that partially ended racial segregation. Read facts about her birth, accomplishments, and more. Rosa Parks quietly died in her apartment in Detroit, Michigan. She had been diagnosed the previous year with progressive dementia. Her death was marked by several memorial services, among them lying in state at the Capitol Rotunda in Washington, D.C., where an estimated 50,000 people viewed her casket The Birth of Rosa Park In 1943, Rosa Parks joined the NAACP and she was a great element to the organization. She worked with the organization's state president On December 5, 1955, Rosa Parks stood her trial for not giving up her seat to a white man on December 1 and was found guilty. Dec 5, 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott begins. Called "the mother of the civil rights movement," Rosa Parks invigorated the struggle for racial equality when she refused to give up her bus seat to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama. Parks' arrest on December 1, 1955 launched the Montgomery Bus Boycott by 17,000 black citizens.
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