Rosa Parks was born on February 4, 1913 in Tuskegee, AL. Her father was a carpenter and her mother was a teacher. As a young girl she attended the Montgomery Industrial School for Girls. Miss White's ...

A decade after her husband’s death in 1977, Parks and a long-time friend, Elaine Eason Steele, established the Rosa and ...

Timeline : events in the life of Rosa Parks -- The journey begins -- Coming of age in Montgomery -- Seeking equality -- Growing activism -- Foundations of the boycott -- The Montgomery bus boycott -- ...

Rosa Parks is one of the most recognized figures in American history, and despite fighting for civil rights for six decades, we largely only know about her role in the Montgomery Bus Boycott. So why ...

Historian Kenneth C. Davis, author of the Don't Know Much About book series, has written a biography for young readers titled Don't Know Much About Rosa Parks. The book tests general knowledge about ...

On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat to a white passenger in Montgomery, Alabama. Parks was seated in the correct section, but because the bus was crowded, she was expected ...

The effort eventually led to a Supreme Court decision that ended segregation on transportation in the United States. Born Rosa Louise McCauley on Feb. 4, 1913 in Tuskegee, Ala., she was the daughter ...

Rosa Louise McCauley Parks was an American activist in the civil rights movement best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott. The United States Congress has honored her as "the first ...