Praise Temple of Restoration - Rosa Parks of the Civil Rights Movement. Bus Boycott.

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1913 - 2005
On December 1, 1955, seamstress Rosa Parks changed America forever when she was arrested for refusing to yield her seat to a white patron on a Montgomery, Alabama city bus. Mrs. Parks was found guilty of disorderly conduct and that lead directly to the famous Montgomery Bus Boycott. However, Mrs. Parks was not the "quiet seamstress" as the media has often portrayed her. In 1943 she became a member of the Montgomery chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), and she served as its secretary until 1956. After the Bus Boycott, Mrs. Parks lost her job and, with her husband and mother, relocated to Detroit in 1957. In 1965 she joined the staff of U.S. Representative John Conyers of Michigan and worked until her retirement in 1988. In 1999 she was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal of Honor, the highest honour a civilian can receive in the United States.
Follow the links below to learn about her life. The Rosa Parks Portal AfricanAmerican.com The Rosa and Raymond Parks Institure for Self Development Rosa Parks - Webpedia The Montgomery Bus Boycott Democracy Now! - Interviews with Rosa Parks National Women's Hall of Fame NPR - Rosa Parks Rosa Park Library and Museum Rosa Parks Bus and Henry Ford Museum TIME 100 - Rosa Parks Scholastic - Rosa Parks