Rosa Parks

Rosa Louise McCauley Parks was an American activist in the civil rights movement. She is best known for her refusal to move from her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama,... Wikipedia

• Born:  Rosa Louise McCauley, February 4, 1913, Tuskegee, Alabama, U.S.
• Age at death:  92 years
• Died:  October 24, 2005, Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
• Resting place:  Woodlawn Cemetery, Detroit
• Education:  Montgomery Industrial School for Girls, Alabama State Teachers College for Negroes (now Alabama State University)
• Occupation:  Civil rights activist
• Known for:  Montgomery bus boycott
• Movement:  Civil Rights Movement
• Spouse(s):  Raymond Parks, (m. 1932, died 1977)
• Data source:  DuckDuckGo