- Data di nascita
- Data di morte24 ottobre 2005 · Detroit, Michigan, Stati Uniti (cause naturali)
- Nome alla nascitaRosa Louise McCauley
- Soprannome
- The Mother of the Civil Rights Movement
- Altezza1,60 m
- Rosa Parks è nata il 4 febbraio 1913. Luogo di nascita: Usa. È stata sposata con Raymond Parks. Morì il 24 ottobre 2005. Luogo di morte: Usa.
- ConiugeRaymond Parks(18 dicembre 1932 - 19 agosto 1977) (morte del marito)
- The African-American boycott of Montgomery buses that followed Parks' arrest lasted for more than a year, forcing company officials to rescind their separatist seating policies. Parks' fine for not surrendering her bus seat to a white man: $14.00.
- Arrested on December 1, 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama for refusing to yield her seat on a city bus to a white male. This action led to the Montgomery Bus Boycott that desegregated Montgomery buses.
- Coincidentally, Yolanda King who portrayed Parks in King (1978), is the daughter of Martin Luther King who, like Parks, fought vehemently all his life for equal rights.
- Time magazine named her one of 20 most influential and iconic figures of the 20th century on June 14, 1999.
- Is the first woman and the second African-American to lie in repose at the Capitol Rotunda in Washington, D.C.
- I understand I am a symbol, but I have never gotten used to being a public person.
- Each person must live their life as a model for others.
- You must not be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.
- To bring about change, you must not be afraid to take the first step. We will fail when we fail to try.
Contribuisci a questa pagina
Suggerisci una modifica o aggiungi i contenuti mancanti