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Birthday
Parks was born Rosa Louise McCauley on February 4th, 1913, in Tuskegee, Alabama. -
Parents
Her father, James McCauley, was a carpenter and her mother, Leona McCauley, was a teacher. They separated shortly after because James was eager to find greater opportunities in the North. -
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Rosa Parks Life Span
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Marriage
In 1932, Rosa Parks married Raymond Parks. They settled in Montgomery, Alabama. The couple were both active in the Civil Rights Movement and joined the local chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Rosa was one of the first women to join the Montgomery Chapter. -
Youth Adviser
Rosa was the youth adviser for the NAACP and worked as the chapter’s secretary from 1943 until 1956. Rosa was also active in the Montgomery Voters League, dedicated to increase black voter registration. -
Bus Boycott
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat for a white man, this sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott, which tested and led to the upholding of a U.S. Supreme Court decision banning segregation on public transportation. Lasted 13 months. -
Civil Rights Movement
Rosa Parks became one of the great contributors to the growing Civil Rights Movement in the 1950's. Civil Rights are the protections and privileges that the law gives to all citizens in a society, ex. Right to a fair trial, freedom from discrimination (treating someone different than others or favoring one social group over another based on prejudices), right to privacy, right to peaceful protest, right to vote, and freedom of movement. -
Bus Boycott Victory
he Montgomery bus boycott was one of the first major victories in the civil rights movement. It motivated large numbers of people to support the black freedom struggle through nonviolent civil disobedience and protest. Women deserve much of the credit for the success of the boycott, and therefore for the success of the civil rights movement. The WPC planned and organized the beginning stages of the boycott, publicized it, supplied its catalyst—Rosa Parks—and supported it over the 13 months. -
Remained Active
Parks remained active in her fight against racial prejudice (a negative attitude towards others based on prejudgment about those individuals with no prior knowledge or experience) into the 21st century. -
Arrested
The evening Parks was arrested, the WPC agreed to launch its bus boycott, to begin four days later on Monday, December 5, 1955. -
The Article (Olson 2001 , 112)
Another Negro woman has been arrested and thrown into jail because she refused to get up out of her seat on the bus for a white person to sit down. … If we do not do something to stop arrests, they will continue. The next time it may be you, or your daughter or mother. This woman's case will come up on Monday. We are, therefore, asking every Negro to stay off the buses on Monday in protest of the arrest and the trial. Don't ride the buses to work, to town, to school, or anywhere on Monday. -
Raymond's Death
Raymond died in Detroit, Michigan, after a five year battle with cancer, -
Wrote a Story About Her Life: My Story
Parks wrote of her experiences. She published an autobiography, Rosa Parks: My Story, in 1992 and a book, Quiet Strength, in 1994. In 2002, the CBS television network released a movie made for television that directly involved Parks in its production titled The Rosa Parks Story starring actress Angela Bassett. -
Rosa's Death
Rosa Parks made history again on Sunday, October 30, 2005, when she became the first woman to lie in honor, 180 feet below the Capitol dome, in the ornate Rotunda. She was also the second black person to receive this honor. -
How the Civil Rights Movement relate to today?
Civil Rights today is still an on-going project all across the world, but the racist groups of the past are still growing as fast, or even faster.
