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Rosa Parks

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Rosa Parks

1913 – 2005 · aged 92 · Civil rights activist

“I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free.”

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Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white passenger on a Montgomery bus on 1 December 1955, triggering the boycott that launched the modern civil rights movement. She was the first woman to lie in honour in the US Capitol.

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“I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free.”

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Portrait of Rosa Parks, dated November 1956 (cropped)
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The bus on which Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott, a U.S. civil rights landmark.
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Given the extremely rare honor of lying in state in the U.S. capitol, Rosa Parks became the first woman to ever hold that honor... of the handful of people who
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Rosa Parks being fingerprinted on February 22, 1956, by Lieutenant D.H. Lackey as one of the people indicted as leaders of the Montgomery bus boycott. She was o
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The Rosa Parks story (dramatisation) | History - True Stories
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The Rosa Parks Song 🎶 | Troublesome Twentieth Century | Horrible Histories
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Rosa Parks for Kids | Civil Rights Hero
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Rosa Parks - Civil Rights Activist | Mini Bio | BIO
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Hans Weiss
8 Mar 2026

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Thank you for a lifetime of it, Rosa. Rest in peace.

Gary Sharp7 Apr 2026

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Yes. This.

Ruth Fields14d ago

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Alexis Fisher
31 Jan 2026

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One of a kind

Lighting a candle from Greece. Rosa meant a great deal to a lot of us here.

Nomvula Kamau2 Apr 2026

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Carolyn Campbell6 Jun 2026

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Araceli Santiago
24 Nov 2025

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Thank you

The world is a little quieter today.

Maria Valdez
7 Oct 2025

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My dad introduced me to Rosa's work when I was a kid. We talked about it for hours. Today I'm thinking of both of them.

Dolores Ramirez3 Mar 2026

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Fernanda Souza13 Jun 2026

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Danielle Ransom
12 Aug 2025

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Thank you for standing up so the rest of us could.

Christopher Dunn
29 Jun 2025

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I met Rosa once, very briefly, and they were kind to a nervous stranger. That's what I'll remember.

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Still with us

A life fully lived. Thank you, Rosa.

Octavia Smith
4 Jun 2025

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Not many people can say they made millions of strangers feel less alone. Rosa could.

Norma Ramos6 Jun 2025

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Well put.

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I never met Rosa, but I feel like I grew up with them. Thank you for being part of my life.

Kyle Russell27 Jun 2025

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Same here. Exactly this.

Harry Murphy24 Jul 2025

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Beautifully said.

Divya Shah
5 May 2025

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Still with us

Thank you, Rosa. For the joy, the honesty, and for showing up when it mattered.

Roger Hale
23 Mar 2025

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Gratitude

Gone too soon, even at any age. There was so much more to come.

Jerome Johnson
19 Mar 2025

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In memory

There are people you assume will always be there. Losing Rosa feels like losing a piece of the furniture of the world.

Nicole Grant16 Apr 2025

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Freja Larsen
13 Mar 2025

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Rest well, Rosa. The work is done, and it was good.

Hyejin Bui24 Apr 2025

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Donna Holmes7 Jul 2025

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Yes. This.

Tammy Jordan
12 Mar 2025

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Sending love to everyone grieving today. Rosa belonged to all of us, and we all lost something.

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243 people are remembering Rosa here. Light a candle when words are hard. It stays here.

Antwan Kirby🇺🇸20d ago
Still miss you.
Megan James🇺🇸21d ago
Meredith Norman🇺🇸2 Aug 2026
Maria Valdez🇲🇽27 Jul 2026
Anonymous🇦🇺12 Jul 2026
Peace.
Erin Nichols🇺🇸9 Jul 2026
Deepak Naidu🇺🇸25 Jun 2026
Siobhan Ruiz🇺🇸5 Jun 2026
Anonymous🇫🇷28 May 2026
Amy Porter🇺🇸28 May 2026
Jin Choi🇦🇺24 May 2026
Archie Rice🇨🇦14 May 2026
Bronwyn Burns🇺🇸13 May 2026
Lighting this with love.
Rosemary Bennett🇺🇸25 Apr 2026
Donna Moore🇺🇸22 Apr 2026
Anonymous🇬🇧20 Apr 2026
Russell Clark🇺🇸19 Apr 2026
Your work lives on.
Dawn Powell🇺🇸18 Apr 2026
Robert Howard🇺🇸7 Apr 2026
Anonymous🇵🇹3 Apr 2026
Thank you.
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Timeline

  1. 4 February 1913
    Born in Tuskegee, Alabama, USA
  2. 24 October 2005
    Died in Detroit, Michigan, USA
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