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Learn about James McCauley, the carpenter and stonemason who became Rosa Parks' father after her mother died. See his photograph and his marriage certificate from the Rosa Parks Collection at the Library of Congress.
17. Mai 2024 · Born to parents James McCauley, a skilled stonemason and carpenter, and Leona Edwards McCauley, a teacher, in Tuskegee, Alabama, Rosa Louise McCauley spent much of her childhood and youth ill with chronic tonsillitis. When she was two years old, shortly after the birth of her younger brother, Sylvester, her parents chose to separate ...
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- Rosa Parks was an American civil rights activist whose refusal to give up her seat on a public bus precipitated the 1955–56 Montgomery bus boycott...
- When Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama, city bus for white passengers in 1955, she was arrested for violating the cit...
- Rosa Parks was not the first Black woman to refuse to give up her seat on a segregated bus, though her story attracted the most attention nationwid...
- In 1992 Rosa Parks published Rosa Parks: My Story, an autobiography written with Jim Haskins that described her role in the American civil rights m...
Rosa Parks war eine afroamerikanische Bürgerrechtlerin, die 1955 in Montgomery einen Busboykott auslöste. Sie war verheiratet mit Raymond Parks und hatte einen Sohn namens James McCauley.
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- # Jim Crow Laws
- # The Ku Klux Klan
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On February 4, 1913, Rosa Louise McCauley was born in Tuskegee, Alabama to parents James McCauley and Leona Edwards. Her father was employed as a carpenter and her mother as a teacher. In her younger years she was sick much of the time, and as a result, was a small child. Her parents eventually separated and her mother took her and her brother and ...
The Jim Crow Laws that segregated blacks from whites were created by white members of the Democratic Party in the Southern states between 1876 and 1963. They created many barriers for black voters and had several regulations including banning interracial marriage and providing racially segregated school systems. This continued existence of this pol...
In her autobiography, Rosa recalls her grandfather standing at the front door of the farmhouse with a loaded shotgun in his hand while he watched as the Ku Klux Klan marched down their street. As frightening as this was to her as a little girl, it taught her much about the very real prejudices against blacks in American culture. On the other hand, ...
Learn about Rosa Parks' childhood in Alabama, where she faced racial segregation and discrimination. Find out how her parents, grandparents, and church influenced her life and activism.
Rosa Louise McCauley Parks (February 4, 1913 – October 24, 2005) was an American activist in the civil rights movement, best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott. The United States Congress has honored her as "the first lady of civil rights" and "the mother of the freedom movement". [1]
James McCauley is an American actor, director and composer who was born in Roswell, New Mexico. He has appeared in TV shows such as Outsiders, Modern Family and The Mentalist, and co-founded the production company MCC FILMS.
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