Rosa Parks was a Black civil rights activist whose refusal to give up her bus seat to a white man ignited the American civil rights movement. Because she played a leading role in the Montgomery bus boycott, she is called the ‘mother of the civil rights
Rosa Parks: My Story – Autobiography published (See morebooks) #1994 Attackedin her apartment by Joseph Skipper #1996 Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Bill Clinton #1998 Awarded the International Freedom Conductor Award by the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center ...
Rosa Parks Story of Her Life Childhood Rosa Louise McCauley was born on the 4th of February, 1913 to James McCauley (a carpenter) and Leona Edwards (a teacher). She was born in Tuskegee, Alabama. She grew up on a farm Childhood Fears Afraid of the Ku Klux Klan riding at night. Hearin...