Rosa Parks



Rosa Parks was an African American seamstressis whom the US Congress called the Mother of the Modern Day Civil Rights Movement. She is best known for refusing to give up her seat on a bus to a white man when he asked her to do so.

The links below contain many articles and photographs of Rosa Parks. Click on them to learn more about her.

Rosa Parks: The Woman who Changed a Nation

Rosa Parks Biography

My Story by Rosa Parks

Rosa Parks

Ms. Parks as one of the 20 most influential heros of the 20th century

 

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