Rosa Parks

Also known as Rosa "Lee" Louise McCauley Parks, Rosa Louise McCauley Parks, Rosa Louise McCauley, Rosa McCauley, Rosa McCauley Parks

Rosa Louise McCauley Parks was an American civil rights activist. She is best known for her 1955 refusal to move from her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, in defiance of Jim Crow racial segregation laws, which sparked the Montgomery bus boycott. She is sometimes known as the "mother of the civil rights movement".

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Rosa Parks was an American human rights defender, political activist, and autobiographer. Born Louise Rosa Parks in Tuskegee in 1913, she was a member of the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority and educated at Alabama State University. She was an African American woman who spoke English and adhered to the United Methodist Church. Her notable works include *I am Rosa Parks* and titles in the *Little People, Big Dreams Series*.

Parks is recognized for her role in civil disobedience. She received the Congressional Gold Medal, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and induction into the National and Michigan Women's Halls of Fame. She resided in Detroit, where she died of natural causes in 2005 after suffering from dementia.

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Born: 1913
Died: 2005
Works: 15

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Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--Gold Level
Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--Gold
Little People, Big Dreams Series 1 & 2
I am Rosa Parks
Dear Mrs. Parks

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Type: Person
Gender: Female
Origin: Hungary
Active from: 1913
Active to: 2005

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Rosa Louise McCauley Parks (February 4, 1913 – October 24, 2005) was an American civil rights activist. She is best known for her 1955 refusal to move from her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, in defiance of Jim Crow racial segregation laws, which sparked the Montgomery bus boycott. She is sometimes known as the "mother of the civil rights movement".

Born in Tuskegee, Alabama, Parks grew up under Jim Crow segregation. She later moved to Montgomery and joined the city's chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in 1943, serving as the organization's secretary. Despite policies designed to disenfranchise Black citizens, Parks successfully registered to vote after three separate attempts between 1943 and 1945. She investigated cases and organized campaigns around cases of racial and sexual violence in her capacity as NAACP secretary, including those of Recy Taylor and Jeremiah Reeves, laying the groundwork for future civil rights campaigns.

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