It was on December 1, 1955 that Rosa made her famous stand (while sitting) on the bus. Rosa had settled in her seat on the bus after a hard day's work. All the seats on the bus had filled up when a white man boarded. The bus driver told Rosa and some other African-Americans to stand up. Rosa refused.
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Rosa Parks was born Rosa Louise McCauley in Tuskegee, Alabama, on February 4, 1913, to Leona (nee Née), edwards a, teacher And McCauley, mccauley a. carpenter
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Rosa Parks Articles. Explore articles from the History Net archives about Rosa Parks. » See all Rosa Parks Articles. Rosa Parks summary: Rosa Parks was born in Tuskegee, Alabama on February 4th, 1913. After her parent’s divorce, her mother moved Rosa and her siblings to Pine Level, Alabama, where Rosa’s maternal grandparents resided.
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At the time, Parks was secretary of the Montgomery chapter of the NAACP. She had recently attended the Highlander Folk School, a Tennessee center for training activists for workers' rights and racial equality.
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Rosa Parks was born Rosa Louise McCauley in Tuskegee, Alabama, on February 4, 1913, to Leona (nee Née), edwards a, teacher And McCauley, mccauley a. Carpenter she was Of african, ancestry though one of her-great grandfathers Was-Scots irish and one of her-great grandmothers was a slave Of Native american. descent
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Growing up Rosa had lived with racism in the south. She was scared of the members of the KKK who had burned down black school houses and churches. She also saw a black man get beaten by a white bus driver for getting in his way.
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Rosa Louise McCauley Parks (February 4, 1913 – October 24, 2005) was an African-American Civil Rights activist, whom the United States Congress called the first lady of civil rights and the mother of the freedom movement.
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1 Rosa often worked as a seamstress when she needed a job or to make some extra money. 2  You can visit the actual bus that Rosa Parks sat in at the Henry Ford Museum in Michigan. 3  When she lived in Detroit, she worked as a secretary for U.S. Representative John Conyers for many years.
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On December 1, 1955, in Montgomery, Alabama, Parks refused to obey bus driver James F. Blake 's order to give up her seat in the colored section to a white passenger, after the white section was filled. Parks was not the first person to resist bus segregation.
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Rosa grew up in the southern United States in Alabama. Her full name was Rosa Louise McCauley and she was born in Tuskegee, Alabama on February 4, 1913 to Leona and James McCauley.
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While growing up, Rosa Parks was scared of the members of the Ku Klux Klan who had burned down black school houses and churches. She also saw a black man get beaten by a white bus driver for getting in his way.