Rosa Parks - Wikipedia Rosa Louise McCauley Parks (February 4, 1913 – October 24, 2005) was an American civil rights activist She is best known for her refusal to move from her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, in defiance of Jim Crow racial segregation laws, in 1955, which sparked the Montgomery bus boycott
How Did Rosa Parks Die? Inside The Civil Rights Icon’s Death At Age 92 Public Domain Rosa Parks, the “mother of the civil rights movement,” circa 1955, with Martin Luther King Jr in the background Rosa Parks’ death on Oct 24, 2005, came almost exactly 50 years after she made history by refusing to leave her seat for a white man on a city bus in Montgomery, Alabama
Civil Rights Icon Rosa Parks Dies - NPR Civil Rights Icon Rosa Parks Dies Rosa Lee Parks, the woman known as the "mother of the civil rights movement," turned the course of American history by refusing in 1955 to give up her seat on a
Rosa Parks, 92, Founding Symbol of Civil Rights Movement, Dies Rosa Parks, a black seamstress whose refusal to relinquish her seat to a white man on a city bus in Montgomery, Ala , almost 50 years ago grew into a mythic event that helped touch off the
Parks, Rosa - Detroit Historical Society A Michigan public act established Rosa Parks Day, celebrated on the first Monday following her February 4 birthday Rosa Parks was 92 years old when she died in her Detroit home on October 24, 2005
Biography: Rosa Parks - National Womens History Museum On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks boarded a bus in Montgomery, Alabama Instead of going to the back of the bus, which was designated for African Americans, she sat in the front
How Did Rosa Parks Die? - Vocab Dictionary Rosa Parks, admired as the ‘mother of the civil rights movement,’ passed away on October 24, 2005, at the age of 92 The cause of her death was due to natural causes, specifically complications from dementia
Rosa Parks, civil rights pioneer, dies at 92 - thetimes. com She passed away last night at home in Detroit with friends at her side Parks had been a member of the National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People for 20 years before she boarded a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, on December 1, 1955