Rosa Parks was born Rosa Louise McCauley in Tuskegee, Alabama, on February 4, 1913, to Leona (née Edwards), a teacher, and James McCauley, a 展开

1960s
After her arrest, Parks became an icon of the Civil Rights Movement but suffered hardships as a result. Due to economic sanctions used against … 展开

• 1963: Inspired by the Montgomery boycott, Paul Stephenson initiated a bus boycott in Bristol, England, to protest against the refusal of a local bus company to employ black and Asian drivers and conductors.
• 1976: 展开

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• Elizabeth Jennings Graham, 1854 sued and won case that led to desegregation of streetcars in New York City 展开

Montgomery buses: law and prevailing customs
In 1900, Montgomery had passed a city ordinance to segregate bus passengers by race. Conductors were empowered to assign seats to achieve that goal. According to the law, no … 展开

Parks died of natural causes on October 24, 2005, at the age of 92, in her apartment on the east side of Detroit. She and her husband never had children and she outlived her only sibling. She was survived by her sister-in-law (Raymond's sister), 13 nieces and … 展开

Film and television
The documentary Mighty Times: The Legacy of Rosa Parks (2001) received a 2002 nomination for 展开