ROSA PARKS

ABOUT HER

• Her full name is Rosa Lousie McCauley Parks.
• She was born on February 4th, 1913 .
• Her birth place is in Tuskegee, Alabama.
• She went to Highlander Folk School, Alabama State Teachers College for Negroes

ADULTHOOD

• She married Raymond Parks on December 18, 1932.
• Did not have any children

WHY IS SHE KNOWN???

• Rosa is well known because she was sitting on a bus, in the white section(which wasn't allowed.)
• A white person came onto the bus and told her to get up and move to the back of the bus; she refused to move from her seat.
• The police came to escort her from the bus and took her to jail. The black people were outraged.

FAMOUS QUOTE

• "You must never be fearful about what you're doing then it is right."

FAMILY

• She had one sibling named Sylvester Mccauley.
• Leona (née Edwards), a teacher, and James McCauley, a carpenter.

ADULTHOOD

• She married Raymond Parks on December 18, 1932.
• Rosa and Raymond Did not have any children
• Their marriage ended when Raymond died on August 19, 1977.

DEATH

• Rosa was diagnosed with progressive dementia and died the following year on October 24, 2005.