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Rosa Louise McCauley (later Rosa Parks) was born on February 4, 1913 in Tuskegee, Alabama. She was partly of African ancestry, though one of her great-grandfathers was Scottish-Irish and one of her great-grandmothers was a Native-American slave. When her parents separated, she was raised by her maternal grandparents on a farm on the outskirts of Rosa Parks (February 4, 1913 — October 24, 2005) is best known for refusing to cede her seat on a public bus when it was required that Blacks do so in the South. Parks remained with the congressman’s office until her retirement in 1988. In 1980, following the deaths of her husband (1977), brother (1977) and mother (1979), Parks, along with The Detroit News, and the Detroit Public school system, founded the Rosa L. Parks Scholarship Foundation. Parks also co-founded, with Elaine Steele, the Rosa and 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. Rosa Parks Day provides an opportunity to reflect on the progress made in civil rights and to recommit to the ongoing work of combating discrimination and promoting equality. 10. Legacy of inspiring activism. Rosa Parks’ activism and courage continue to resonate and inspire people around the world. 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 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 one of Time Magazine’s 100 most influential people of the 20 th century, the recipient of the prestigious Congressional Gold Medal in the company of George Washington, Mother Teresa, Thomas Edison and Betty Ford, received more than forty-three honorary doctorate degrees and is known as the first lady of the civil rights movement. By the time Rosa Parks died in Detroit in 2005, her place in the history books was assured. She was the first lady of civil rights, the mother of the freedom movement. Mourners lined up in three So when the bulldogs and water hoses were unleashed a decade later in the streets of Birmingham, the protesters knew to stand their ground. "Over my head, I see freedom in the air," they sang. See Parks in TIME's 2003 special on 80 days that changed the world. Next Jiang Qing (1914-1991) "I was a mute from the time I was seven and a half until I was almost 13. I didn't speak. I had voice, but I refused to use it." As a child, Maya Angelou was traumatized by abuse. For five years, she was silent, but in time, she found her voice, and that voice has been heard around the world. A single mother at age 16, she embarked on a remarkable career as an actress and entertainer, as a Growth Mindset: A growth mindset is a belief system in which a person believes that they can reach their goals if they work hard and persist. People with a growth mindset believe that it isn't their talent or intelligence that is most important but rather their drive and determination that will help them achieve. Strategies for Developing Talent and Intelligence. So, how can we apply these insights to our own lives and cultivate our talents and intelligence over time? Here are some strategies to consider: 1. Set clear goals and create a learning plan: Know what you want to achieve and map out the steps to get there. This Rosa Parks, Body Biography Project is filled with all you need to teach and promote the civil rights activist. She was best known for her pivotal role in the M ontgomery Bus Boycott. The United States Congress has called her “the first lady of civil rights” and “the mother of the freedom movement”. Rosa Parks became one of the major symbols of the civil rights movement when she refused to give her bus seat to a white passenger in 1955. Don Cravens//Time Life Pictures/Getty Images. Parks Rosa Parks was a seamstress and a long-time civil rights activist who had been involved in the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) since 1943. On the day of her arrest, she had boarded the Cleveland Avenue bus at the end of a long day of work and was sitting in the fifth row of the “colored section” of the bus. We tend to picture the civil rights heroine Rosa Parks as an ordinary person who possessed unusual grace, dignity, and Christian piety. We think of her as someone who, spontaneously and with little thought for her own safety or self-interest, followed her conscience and refused to submit to unjust Jim Crow laws of segregation on the buses in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1955. With quiet courage and nonnegotiable dignity, ROSA PARKS was an activist and a freedom fighter who transformed a nation and confirmed a notion that ordinary people can have an extraordinary effect The Rosa Parks I interviewed was eager to discuss her activist career and how her historic arrest was anchored in a pattern of resistance. Narratives of “spontaneity” and claims suggesting she was befuddled as to why her act was so consequential are incorrect.
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