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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 ]
Rosa Parks was born Rosa Louise McCauley in Tuskegee, Alabama, on February 4, 1913, to Leona (née Edwards), a teacher, and James McCauley, a carpenter.In addition to African ancestry, one of Parks's great-grandfathers was Scots-Irish, and one of her great-grandmothers was a part–Native American slave.
Taylor and her husband filed charges, but the all-white grand jury dismissed the case on October 4, 1944. [6] In 1944, Rosa Parks traveled to Abbeville, Alabama after hearing about Taylor's assault. The threat of police intervention prompted Parks to meet Recy Taylor, her husband, and her daughter in a secluded cabin.
Both she and her husband later lost their jobs, but her courageous act of civil disobedience sparked the now-legendary Montgomery Bus Boycott, a 381-day non-violent protest by the Black community ...
The film follows Parks and her husband Raymond (Peter Francis James) as they deal with the issues of segregation, Jim Crow laws and second-class status in 1950s Alabama, leading up to Parks' refusing to relinquish her seat on a city bus, leading to the Montgomery bus boycott. [45]
This is a list of African-American activists [1] covering various areas of activism, but primarily focus on those African Americans who historically and currently have been fighting racism and racial injustice against African Americans.
Taking a stand. Pink paid tribute to Rosa Parks while attending a Black Lives Matter protest with her husband, Carey Hart. Shutterstock The “Just Give Me a Reason” singer, 40, shared a picture ...
From her famous quotes about the bus to the best Rosa Parks quotes about equality, the "Mother of the Civil Rights Movement" left an indelible mark on society.