Rosa Parks

Biography

Rosa 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 called her 'the first lady of civil rights' and 'the mother of the freedom movement'.

Key Achievements

1
Her refusal to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus sparked the Montgomery bus boycott.
2
Became a symbol of the civil rights movement and the fight for racial equality.
3
Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Congressional Gold Medal.

Birth Date

February 4, 1913

Death Date

October 24, 2005