A Brief Biography Of Rosa Parks

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Rosa parks was born on February 4, 1913 to Leona and James McCauley.
When her parents separated, she moved to Pine Level with her mother. Pine Level is just outside the state capital, Montgomery.
Her father was a carpenter and her mother was a teacher.
Parks was sick much of the time, and as a result, was a small child.

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