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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".
May 17, 2024 · Rosa Parks was a Black civil rights activist whose refusal to give up her bus seat to a white man ignited the American civil rights movement. Because she played a leading role in the Montgomery bus boycott, she is called the ‘mother of the civil rights movement.’
Oct 4, 2023 · She died in October 2005 at age 92. Quick Facts. FULL NAME: Rosa Louise McCauley Parks. BORN: February 4, 1913. DIED: October 24, 2005. BIRTHPLACE: Tuskegee, Alabama. SPOUSE: Raymond Parks...
Oct 25, 2005 · Rosa Parks, black woman whose refusal to relinquish her seat to white man on city bus in Montgomery, Ala, 50 years ago sparked civil rights movement of 1950's and 1960's, dies at age 92; events...
Dec 1, 2020 · August 19, 1977: Parks' husband, Raymond, dies. August 1979: The NAACP presents Parks with its highest accolade, the Spingarn Medal.
Nov 9, 2009 · Rosa Parks (1913—2005) was a civil rights activist who refused to give up her seat to a white man on a Montgomery bus in 1955. Her act sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott and inspired the movement to end racial segregation in the United States.
Oct 25, 2005 · Rosa Parks, the woman known as the "mother of the civil rights movement," has died. Parks turned the course of American history by refusing in 1955 to give up her seat on a bus for a white...
