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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 ]
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,
Cleveland Court Apartments 620–638, home of Rosa and Raymond Parks, and her mother, Leona McCauley, during the Montgomery bus boycott from 1955 to 1956. Rosa Parks Act , 2006 Act approved in the Legislature of the U.S. state of Alabama to allow those considered law-breakers at the time of the Montgomery bus boycott to clear their arrest ...
Rosa Parks was an avid yoga practitioner. The way Parks took a stand for civil rights reflects many of the principles behind yoga that connect the body and the mind.
Raymond Parks may refer to: Raymond Parks (activist) (1903–1977), husband of civil rights campaigner Rosa Parks; Raymond Parks (auto racing) (1914–2010), American ...
Raymond Park (born 23 August 1974) is a Scottish actor, martial artist and stuntman. He is best known for physically portraying Darth Maul in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace and Solo: A Star Wars Story, along with a motion capture performance in the final season of Star Wars: The Clone Wars, [2] Toad in X-Men, Snake Eyes in G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra [3] [4] and G.I. Joe ...
Bobby Ray Barbosa Parks Jr. (born February 19, 1993) is a Filipino-American professional basketball player for the Osaka Evessa of the Japanese B.League. A 6'4" guard , he played college basketball for the NU Bulldogs for three years before declaring for the NBA draft in 2015 where he went undrafted.
The Rosa Parks Story: Raymond Parks: TV film 2003 Oz: Jahfree Neema 4 episodes 2003–2009 Guiding Light: Clayton Boudreau 8 episodes 2008–2010 Law & Order: Judge John Laramie 4 episodes 2010 Svetlana: Barack Obama: 2012 Royal Pains: Mackintosh 2013 Boardwalk Empire: Oliver Crawford: Episode: "Resignation" 2014 The Mysteries of Laura: Titus ...