centered around equality and justice believed in the power of non-violent way to fight against segregation

Christian faith played an important role in shaping her values

Full Name: Rosa Louise McCauley Parks

Born: February 4, 1913, in Tuskegee, Alabama, USA

Died: October 24, 2005, in Detroit, Michigan, USA

Known For: Refusing to give up her bus seat, sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott

Title: "Mother of the Civil Rights Movement"

Occupation: Activist, NAACP secretary, seamstress

Legacy: Symbol of courage and resistance against racial segregation

after her arrest she was fired from her job as a seamstress

Rosa and her family faced death threats every day struggled to find a job

faced a financial crisis

she wasn't educated

Rosa Parks Day: Celebrated in some U.S. states on December 1st or February 4th

Schools and Streets: Many schools, streets and public places are named after her, like Rosa Parks Elementary School and Rosa Parks Boulevard

Statues: There are statues of her, like the one in the U.S. Capitol

Rosa Parks Museum: Located in Montgomery, Alabama, where her historic act took place

Cultural References: She's taught in history classes and remembered in books, movies, and songs

A Tour of the Rosa Parks Museum

NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored people)

Montgomery Improvement Association

Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for self Development

Sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott

Symbolized resistance against racial discrimination

Inspired the civil rights movement

Active member of the NAACP

Received the Congressional Gold Medal

Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom

Commemorated on Rosa Parks Day

USA: PRESIDENT CLINTON HONOURS CIVIL RIGHTS HEROINE ROSA PARKS