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 Rosa Parks Facts

➔ Rosa Louise
McCauley
Parks
(1903-2005)
was an African
American civil
rights activist
and seamstress
whom the U.S.
Congress
dubbed as the
“Mother of the
Modern-day
Civil Rights
Movement.”

➔ She was born on February 4, 1913, and grew up in the southern

United States in Alabama. Her mother was a teacher and her
father was a carpenter. She had a younger brother named
Sylvester.
➔ After finishing her elementary school at Pine Level, she attended
the Montgomery Industrial School for Girls. She then attended the
Alabama State Teacher’s College to try and get her high school
diploma. But her education was cut short because she had to take
care of her sick mother.
➔ Few years later, she met Raymond Parks and married in the year
1932. She then worked part-time jobs and went back to school,
finally earning her high school diploma.
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➔ Growing up witnessing the racism in the south, Rosa and her

husband Raymond wanted to do something about it. So they joined
the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
(NAACP).
➔ Rosa saw the opportunity to make a difference when the Freedom
bus arrived in Montgomery. The train, according to the Supreme
Court, was supposed to be unsegregated, so she led a group of
African-American students to ride the train. Their group lined up in
the same line as the white students. Some people in Montgomery
didn’t approve of this. Rosa wanted to show that all people should
be given the same equal treatment.
➔ On December 1, 1955, after a hard day’s work, Rosa settled on her
seat on the bus. All seats on the bus had filled up when a white
man boarded. The bus driver asked Rosa and some other
African-Americans to give up their seats but Rosa refused, and for
that she was arrested.
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➔ Rosa was charged with breaking a segregation law and was told to
pay a fine of $10. Refusing to pay, saying she was not guilty and
that the law was illegal, Rosa took her case to the high court.
➔ That night, a number of African-American leaders including Dr.
Martin Luther King Jr. decided to boycott the city buses and
continued on for 381 days. Finally, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled
that the segregation laws in Alabama were unconstitutional.
➔ Rosa received many threats and feared for her life. Many civil
rights leaders’ houses were bombed, including MLK Jr.’s, so in
1957, Raymond and Rosa moved to Detroit, Michigan.
➔ There, she continued to attend civil rights meetings and became a
symbol to many African-Americans of the fight for equal rights. On
October 24, 2005, at the age of 92, she quietly died in her
apartment in Detroit.
➔ Today, she remains a symbol of freedom and equality to many.
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Rosa Parks Timeline

Complete the important events that occurred in the life of
Rosa Parks.

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 Rosa Parks Facts

Rosa Parks was an activist in the African-American

Civil Rights Movement, who became famous when on
December 1, 1955, in Montgomery, Alabama, she
refused to obey bus driver James F. Blake's order
that she give up her seat in the colored section to a
white passenger, after the white section was filled.

Name: Rosa Louise McCauley

Date of Birth: February 4, 1913
Date of Death: October 24, 2005
Place of Birth: Tuskegee, Alabama
 Rosa Parks Facts
Birth Family: James McCauley and Leona Edwards
Spouse: Raymond Parks
Children: no children
Education: Montgomery Industrial School for Girls,
al-African American Booker T. Washington High
School and attended Alabama state College for a
short time
Career: Seamstress, Civil Rights Activist, Writer
Reason for Fame: Most historians date the
beginning of the civil rights movement in the United
States to December 1, 1955. On that day, Rosa
Parks, refused to give up her seat on a bus to a
white passenger in Montgomery, Alabama. She was
arrested and fined for violating a city ordinance, but
her act of defiance began a movement that ended
legal segregation in America, and made her an
inspiration to freedom-loving people everywhere.
Rosa Parks is called the Mother of the modern-day
Civil Rights Movement.
 Rosa Parks Facts
Additional Information:
Rosa Parks received many awards and honors
which included the Presidential Medal of Freedom
and Congressional Gold Medal. She was awarded
two dozen honorary doctorates from universities
worldwide.
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