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Early life and family parks was born rosa louise mccauley on february 4 1913 in tuskegee alabama her parents james and leona mccauley separated when parks was two parks mother moved the. Rosa parks nee rosa louise mccauley born february 4 1913 tuskegee alabama us died october 24 2005 detroit michigan african american civil rights activist whose refusal to relinquish her seat on a public bus to a white man precipitated the 1955 56 montgomery bus boycott in alabama which is recognized as the spark that ignited the us civil rights movement. Rosa parks is best known for refusing to give up her seat on a segregated bus in montgomery alabama in 1955 which sparked a yearlong boycott that was a turning point in the civil rights