Rosa Parks wasn’t born a household name, nor was she someone seeking fame. She was born on February 4, 1913, in Tuskegee, Alabama, in a time when segregation was law and inequality was everywhere.

Emily Davison didn’t think so. Neither did Rosa Parks. They both fought to change what wasn’t fair. Emily Davison was born in London in 1872. She worked as a teacher when she was a young woman.

Rosa Louise McCauley Parks was 77 when she ... After living in Alabama where she was born, Parks moved to Detroit in 1957. "She had to move from Montgomery because she had so many threats ...

5 Surprising Facts About Rosa Parks Largely recognized for her leading role in the bus boycott of 1955, Rosa Parks was an enduring activist for the Civil Rights Movement. Throughout her numerous ...