Rosa Louise (McCauley) Parks was born Tuesday, Feb. 4, 1913, in Tuskegee, Ala. When she was 2, her parents separated. At that time, Rosa’s mother moved the family to Pine Level, Ala., to live with her ...
She was born Rosa Louise McCauley on Feb. 4, 1913, in Tuskegee, Ala. Family illness interrupted her high school education, but after she married Raymond Parks in 1932, he encouraged her and she earned ...
Rosa Louise McCauley Parks was born on in Tuskegee, Ala., and became an iconic symbol of the Civil Rights Movement in the 50s after she refused to give up her bus seat in Montgomery, ...
(CBS DETROIT) - A post office in Detroit will be designated as the Rosa Louise McCauley Parks Post Office. The U.S. Postal Service will hold a dedication ceremony on Monday, June 5, for the Grand ...
A later suit against OutKast’s record company was settled out of court. She was born Rosa Louise McCauley on Feb. 4, 1913, in Tuskegee, Ala. Family illness interrupted her high school education, but ...
Civil rights activist Rosa Parks sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott that partially ended racial segregation. Read about her birth, accomplishments, and more.
In the years following her retirement, she traveled to lend her support to civil-rights events and causes and wrote an autobiography, Rosa Parks: My Story.
Eventually, Rosa was elected secretary of the Montgomery chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). By the time Parks boarded the bus in 1955, she was an established organizer and leader in the Civil Rights Movement in Alabama.