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- Died
- Birth nameRosa Louise McCauley
- Nickname
- The Mother of the Civil Rights Movement
- Height5′ 3″ (1.60 m)
- Rosa Louise McCauley Parks (February 4, 1913 - October 24, 2005) 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 lady of civil rights" and "the mother of the freedom movement".- IMDb Mini Biography By: Bonitao
- SpouseRaymond Parks(December 18, 1932 - August 19, 1977) (his death)
- The African-American boycott of Montgomery buses that followed Parks' arrest lasted for more than a year, forcing company officials to rescind their separatist seating policies. Parks' fine for not surrendering her bus seat to a white man: $14.00.
- Arrested on December 1, 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama for refusing to yield her seat on a city bus to a white male. This action led to the Montgomery Bus Boycott that desegregated Montgomery buses.
- Coincidentally, Yolanda King who portrayed Parks in King (1978), is the daughter of Martin Luther King who, like Parks, fought vehemently all his life for equal rights.
- Time magazine named her one of 20 most influential and iconic figures of the 20th century on June 14, 1999.
- Is the first woman and the second African-American to lie in repose at the Capitol Rotunda in Washington, D.C.
- I understand I am a symbol, but I have never gotten used to being a public person.
- Each person must live their life as a model for others.
- You must not be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.
- To bring about change, you must not be afraid to take the first step. We will fail when we fail to try.
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