Rosa Parks

Rosa Parks

Born

February 4, 1913

Died

October 24, 2005 (92 years old)

Known For

Acting

Place of Birth

Tuskegee, Alabama, USA

Rosa Louise McCauley Parks 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".