Affectionately known as the “mother of the civil rights movement,” Parks was born in Tuskegee, Alabama, on Feb. 4, 1913. She will forever exemplify civil disobedience and defiance—especially ...

The activist’s refusal to give up her seat to a white passenger on a segregated bus in Alabama helped fuel the Civil Rights Movement. Rosa Parks smiles during a ceremony where she received the ...

As Ella Baker noted, women were the "backbone of the civil rights movement," yet their contributions were often overlooked or ...

with the exterior of the bus reading "It All Started on a Bus: Rosa Parks, 1913-2005; The Mother of the Civil Rights Movement.” To learn more about Rosa Parks, click here.

“In a courageous act of protest 70 years ago, Rosa Parks made a choice that changed the course of our nation’s history and inspired a movement that coined her ‘Mother of the Civil Rights ...