Rosa Louise McCauley Parks is born in Tuskegee, Alabama.
At a Glance
- Date
- 4 February 1913
- Location
- Tuskegee, Alabama
- Key people
- Rosa Parks
- Category
- Civil Rights Movement
- Source
- Biographical records · Library of Congress
What It Meant Then
Her refusal to give up her bus seat in 1955 would help ignite the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
What It Means Now
Parks is widely honored as a symbol of dignified resistance; she lay in honor at the U.S. Capitol in 2005.
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