Rosa Parks was a great activist regarding the civil rights movement. “Rosa Parks was born Rosa Louise McCauley in Tuskegee, Alabama. His father was James McCauley, a carpenter, and his mother was Leona McCauley, a teacher. She moved to her grandparents' farm in Pine Level, Alabama, when she was two years old with her mother and younger brother, Sylvester. His mother taught until he was 11. Once she turned 11 she was sent to Montgomery Industrial School, this school was a private school founded by a woman from the northern United States. The school was founded and run by whites to educate black children; the school was set on fire twice by arsonists from the white community. Parks attended academic classes there. (Woo, Elaine).” After finishing school, he began to get involved in politics. "Mrs. Rosa Parks was often known as the mother of the movement that led to the dismantling of entrenched segregation in the South; Mrs. Parks became a symbol of human dignity when she was imprisoned for refusing to move from her bus seat to give it to a white man on her way home from work. Rosa Parks took part in many acts of the civil rights movement “After attending Alabama State Teachers College, Rosa settled in Montgomery, with Raymond Parks, who to that time was her husband. The couple joined the NAACP and worked quietly for several years for the segregation of African Americans in the South. “I worked on numerous cases with the NAACP,” Rosa Parks recalled, “but we got no publicity. There were cases of flogging, slavery, murder and rape. It didn't seem like we had much success. It was more about trying to challenge the powers that be and making it known that we didn't want to continue to be second best. classy citizen...... middle of paper...... was overturned by the Supreme Court, which also outlawed racial segregation on public transportation (Rosa Parks).”Rosa Parks did many things in the his life to revolutionize the world, so that it could become what it is today. It helped bring blacks and whites together and demolished most segregation. She was a very strong woman. His actions as an activist have brought some worthy changes to social laws. Works CitedWoo, Elaine Parks: 1913-2005." Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, CA). October 25, 2005: A1+. SIRS Renaissance. Network. April 16, 2014.HILL, RUTH EDMONDS. "Rosa Parks." Black Heroes (2001 ): 528. Point of view reference center. 23 April 2014Edelman, Marian Wright. "Mrs. Rosa Parks - Before and After the Bus." Washington Informer 07 March 2013: 25. Viewpoint Reference. 23 April 2014. “Rosa Parks” 5 March 2014: Creation, Web , April 22. 2014.