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Raymond Arthur Parks (February 12, 1903 – August 19, 1977) was an American activist in the civil rights movement and barber, best known as the husband of Rosa Parks. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] His wife called him "the first real activist I ever met.” [ 3 ]
In 1980, Parks—widowed and without immediate family—rededicated herself to civil rights and educational organizations. She co-founded the Rosa L. Parks Scholarship Foundation for college-bound high school seniors, [ 118 ] [ 119 ] to which she donated most of her speaker fees.
Parks was the first child of Alfred and Leila Parks and great-great-nephew of settler Benny Parks, who found gold in the state of Georgia in the early nineteenth century. . Born in Dawsonville, Georgia, on June 5, 1914, [1] Raymond was the oldest of his father's sixteen children, six of whom were born to Leila, and ten of whom were born to Leila's sister,
The twinkle in Parks’ eye makes it sobering to remember that almost two decades before the date of that photo, in December 1955, she was arrested at age 42 in Montgomery, Alabama, for refusing ...
Lloyd began racing in 1938, winning in his first stock car race at Lakewood Speedway driving a 1934 Ford owned by his cousin Raymond Parks and tuned by Red Vogt when he was 18 years old. [ 3 ] [ 6 ] On November 21, 1938, Seay won a 150-mile darkness shortened national championship stock car race at Lakewood.
Raymond Parks may refer to: Raymond Parks (activist) (1903–1977), husband of civil rights campaigner Rosa Parks Raymond Parks (auto racing) (1914–2010), American stock car racing team owner
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