Rosa Louis McCauley Parks
Photo: Reuters
Photo: Reuters
Parks' statue to be unveiled later this year.
By H. Nelson Goodson
January 21, 2013
She was arrested and sparked a major civil rights movement against segregation and a boycott of the Montgomery bus company.
Parks actions led to her termination as a seamstress from a local department store. She then moved to Detroit and found a similar job.
Between 1965 to 1988, Parks worked as a secretary and receptionist for former U.S. Representative John Conyers, an African-American.
Parks passed away on October 24, 2005 at the age of 92. She became the first woman and second non-government official to lie in honor at the Capitol Rotunda in Washington, D.C.
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