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I was born on February 4, 1913, and I and my fam throw a huge birthday party every year.

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Tuskegee, Alabama, is where I spent most of my youth. I spent my childhood learning how to read and helping my mother on the farm. I also learned to cook and sew.

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All my childhood was so greatly influenced by segregation. When I was six I attended Montgomery Industrial School for Girls an elementary school for girls of color. I always had to walk to school since there weren't buses for black people where I lived.

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One memory I had when I was very young is when the Klu Klux Klan marched down the street yelling at people which made me extremely angry.

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I first attended a rural school in Pine Level, Alabama. When I completed my education in Pine Level, I enrolled at Montgomery Industrial School for Girls, and after graduating I went to Alabama State Teacher’s College High School. However I was unable to graduate since my grandmother and mother became very sick and had to take of them.

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Married my husband Raymond Park when I was 19. I married him in 1932.

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In the 1940s me and my husband were very active members of the League of Women Voters which helps women take a larger role in public affairs after they won the right to vote.

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I worked as a secretary for more than 20 years from 1965 to until my retirement in 1988.

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Can't even sit down on a bus anymore smh

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Can't even sit down on a bus anymore smh

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So a white man came up to me and told me to get out my seat so he can sit down, and I didn't listen to him. The problem soon escalated to the cops getting involved and I was arrested.

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Regarded As The Mother Of The Civil Rights Movement

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Regarded As The Mother Of The Civil Rights Movement

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I traveled throughout the country spreading awareness and raising money for the movement, and for my role in the movement I was nicknamed the This is the highest honor that can be bestowed upon a civilian by the United States Government.

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The Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute For Self Development 

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The Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute For Self Development 

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In February 1987, along with my husband, co-founded The Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute For Self Development. I started this to teach the youth about the Civil Rights movement.

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After my retirement in 1988, I wrote my autobiography "My Story" which recounts my life leading up until now.

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Received the medal of freedom from President Bill Clinton in 1996. This is the highest honor that can be given to a citizen, and I got it.

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Should've been on the front Time magazine 

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ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL FIGURES OF THE 20TH CENTURY

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ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL FIGURES OF THE 20TH CENTURY

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In 1999, Time Magazine  named me as one of the 100 most influential and iconic figures of the 20th century.

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In 1986 I retired when my husband was diagnosed with cancer.