Rosa Parks is known for being a civil rights icon. But did you know that she was born in Tuskegee, Alabama, on Feb. 4, 1913? She went to an industrial school for girls and continued on to what is ...

Rosa Parks wasn’t born a household name, nor was she someone seeking fame. She was born on February 4, 1913, in Tuskegee, Alabama, in a time when segregation was law and inequality was everywhere.

On Dec. 1, 1955, Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white passenger in Montgomery, Alabama, sparking a social movement. Parks was born on Feb. 4, 1913, and died at ...

The image serves as evidence that Parks, who was born in 1913 and lived to 92 ... “Part of my thinking about Rosa Parks is that this was a very impassioned person who wasn’t tired.

According to RosaParks.org, Parks was Rosa Louise McCauley. She was the first child of James and Leona Edwards McCauley. Later, the family moved to Pine Level, Alabama where Rosa was educated in a ...

Born in the U.K., she graduated from Oxford University with a Bachelor of Arts in Modern History. The textbook story of Rosa Parks is a simple one. A weary, middle-aged Black seamstress sparked ...

Parks was born more than a century ago, on February 4, 1913. Here are 12 things we need to understand about her, drawn from my book The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks (available in its ...

Parks was born in Tuskegee, Alabama ... “When the school near their home closed, Rosa and her brother Sylvester still benefited from the diverse lessons their mother offered, and she was ...