Remembering Lady Rosa Louise McCauley Parks - 100 years

February 4, 2013 - October 24, 2005

I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear.
Rosa Parks

I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free... so other people would be also free.
Rosa Parks
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NAME: Rosa Parks
OCCUPATION: Seamstress and Civil Rights Activist - NAACP

BIRTH DATE: February 04, 1913
DEATH DATE: October 24, 2005

EDUCATION: Industrial School for Girls, Alabama State Teachers College for Negroes

PLACE OF BIRTH: Tuskegee, Alabama
PLACE OF DEATH: Detroit, Michigan
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Famed civil rights activist Rosa Parks was born Rosa Louise McCauley on February 4, 1913, in Tuskegee, Alabama. Her refusal to surrender her seat to a white passenger on a public bus (1955) Montgomery, Alabama, spurred on a citywide boycott and helped launch nationwide efforts to end segregation of public facilities.

Rosa Parks's childhood brought her early experiences with racial discrimination and activism for racial equality. After her parents separated, Rosa's mother moved the family to Pine Level, Alabama to live with her parents, Rose and Sylvester Edwards—both former slaves and strong advocates for racial equality; the family lived on the Edwards' farm, where Rosa would spend her youth. In one experience, Rosa's grandfather stood in front of their house with a shotgun while Ku Klux Klan members marched down the street.