Henry County AlArchives Photo Place.....Rosa Parks Lived Here (Historical Marker Side 2) June 9, 2006 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Christine Thacker CGT714@aol.com June 16, 2006, 6:27 pm Source: Christine G. Thacker Photo can be seen at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/al/henry/photos/rosapark3519gph.jpg Image file size: 214.6 Kb ROSA PARKS LIVED HERE (continued from other side) Rosa McCAULEY married Richard PARKS of Pine Level in 1932. She returned to Henry County in 1944 on behalf of the NAACP to investigate the alleged rape of a young black mother by seven white youths. Rosa McCAULEY PARKS gained national attention on December 1, 1955 when she refused to relinquish her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama public bus to a white man. Her refusal to go to the back of the bus sparked a successfull bus boycott that earned Rosa McCAULEY PARKS the title of " Mother of the Civil Rights Movement in America". She died at her home in Detroit, Michigan, on October 24, 2005. Additional Comments: Hwy 10, Henry Co., Al. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/henry/photos/rosapark3519gph.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb