Rosa Parks
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: Twentieth Century
- Categories: Social Issues, Reform, and Protest
- Subcategories: African Americans, Blacks, Race, Ethnicity, Racism, Civil Rights, Minority Rights, Minorities, Segregation, Desegregation, Apartheid, Civil Disobedience, Nonviolence, Peace Movement, Pacifism, Pacifists, Protests, Marches, Demonstrations, Rallies, Human Rights
- Curriculum: American History 1901-1950, American History 1951-present, Women’s History, African American History
Article abstract: Rosa Parks, who is well known for her refusal to relinquish her bus seat to a white passenger in Montgomery, Alabama, on December 1, 1955, was a civil rights advocate before she committed her historic and heroic act.
Early Life
The oldest of two children, Rosa Lee McCauley was born on February 4, 1913, to Leona Edwards McCauley and James McCauley. Her mother was an educator; her father, a carpenter. The influences in young Rosa’s life included her mother and her grandparents. According to Parks, half of her life was spent in a...
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