The History Of Rosa Parks- Rosa Parks was born on February 4, 1913 in Tuskegee, Alabama. She is often referred to as the "Mother of the Civil Rights Movement". Her arrest for refusing to give up her seat on a bus triggered the 1955-1956 Montgomery bus boycott and set in motion the test case for the desegregation of public transportation. Rosa Parks was the granddaughter of former slaves and the daughter of James McCauley, a carpenter, and …showed first 75 words of 404 total…

…showed last 75 words of 404 total…and Raymond Parks Institute for Self-Development, a non-profit organization she co-founded with Elaine Steele in 1987, she works with young people to help them achieve their full potential. She has received honorary degrees from ten colleges and universities and has received countless honours and awards. On April 22, 1998, she attended the groundbreaking ceremonies for the Troy State University Montgomery Rosa Parks Library and Museum to be located on the spot she was arrested over forty years ago.