l American civil rights activist. Born in Tuskegee, Ala.,
on Feb. 4, 1913,
Rosa McCauley married Raymond Parks in 1932. She worked as a seamstress, among other jobs, and he was a barber.
Both were active
members of the National Association for the Advancement of Collared People, and in 1943 she became secretary of the Montgomery, Ala., branch.
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