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  2. BornRosa Louise McCauley · February 4, 1913 · Tuskegee, Alabama, U.S.
    DiedOctober 24, 2005 (aged 92) · Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
    Spouse(s)Raymond Parks · (m. 1932; died 1977)
    Resting placeWoodlawn Cemetery, Detroit
    Early life

    Rosa Parks was born Rosa Louise McCauley in Tuskegee, Alabama, on February 4, 1913, to Leona (née Edwards), a teacher, and James McCauley, a carpenter. In addition to African ancestry, one of Park… See more

    Parks' arrest and bus boycott

    In 1900, Montgomery had passed a city ordinance to segregate bus passengers by race. Conductors were empowered to assign seats to achieve that goal. According to the law, no passenger would be require… See more

    Detroit years

    After her arrest, Parks became an icon of the Civil Rights Movement but suffered hardships as a result. Due to economic sanctions used against activists, she lost her job at the department store. Her husband lo… See more

    Death and funeral

    Parks died of natural causes on October 24, 2005, at the age of 92, in her apartment on the east side of Detroit. She and her husband never had children and she outlived her only sibling. She was survived by her siste… See more

     
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  1. Rosa Parks | Biography, Accomplishments, Quotes, …

    May 4, 1999 · 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 …

     
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  3. Rosa Parks: Biography, Civil Rights Activist, Bus Boycott

    Oct 4, 2023 · Born in February 1913, Rosa Parks was a civil rights activist whose refusal to give up her seat to a white passenger on a segregated bus in 1955 led to the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Her...

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  5. Biography: Rosa Parks - National Women's History …

    Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat and set in motion one of the largest social movements in history, the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Find out more about her at womenshistory.org.

  6. Rosa Parks: Timeline of Her Life, Montgomery Bus …

    Dec 1, 2020 · 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 ...

  7. 10 Rosa Parks Accomplishments and Achievements

    Jun 21, 2023 · Rosa Parks was a prominent figure in the civil rights movement, known for her pivotal role in challenging racial segregation in the United States. Her refusal to give up her bus seat to a white passenger in Montgomery, …

  8. Rosa Parks - NAACP

    After Parks died in Detroit in 2005 at the age of 92, she became the first woman to lie in honor in the Capitol Rotunda in Washington, D.C. California, Missouri, Ohio, and Oregon commemorate Rosa Parks Day every year, and highways …

  9. Who was Rosa Parks? - BBC Bitesize

    Today, Rosa Parks is remembered as an ordinary woman who took a stand to help black people in America be treated fairly. To be treated the same as whites.

  10. Beyond the Bus Boycott: Rosa Parks' Activism Before …

    Students will analyze Rosa Parks' evolving activism during the Black Freedom Movement using primary source sets created from the Library of Congress exhibit "Rosa Parks: In Her Own Words.” Students will use the evolving hypothesis …

  11. Rosa Parks, the Montgomery Bus Boycott, and the …

    On the evening of December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks, a 42-year-old African American seamstress and civil rights activist living in Montgomery, Alabama, was arrested for refusing to obey a bus driver who had ordered her and three other …

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