• ROSA LOUISE MCCAULEY PARKS was an American activist in the civil rights movement best known for her role in the ‘Montgomery bus boycott’
• Date of birth: 4th February 1913
• Place of birth: Alabama, United States
• Spouse: Raymond parks
• Education:
Highlander folk school
Montgomery industrial school
Alabama state teachers College
• About:
Rosa parks is famous for refusing to give up seat on a Montgomery, Alabama bus to make space for which passengers went the bus driver ordered her to..
The driver had her arrested and she was convicted of violating Montgomery segregation laws.
Rosa parks arrest on December 1995 launched the Montgomery bus boycott by 17000 Black citizens
Rosa Park fought throughout her life to Racial equality and women rights
She is considered as one of the most important figures of the African American civil rights movement
• Crowns:
United States Congress has called her “THE FIRST LADY OF CIVIL RIGHTS”
The “MOTHER OF FREEDOM MOVEMENT”
• Awards:
Presidential medal of freedom
Golden plate award
Congressional gold medal
Spingarn medal
• Date of death: 24th October 2005 (aged 92)
• Resting place: Woodlawn Cemetery, U. S
• Famous quotes by Rosa parks
“EACH PERSON MUST LIVE THEIR LIFE AS A MODEL FOR OTHERS”