![]() Throughout her young life she witnessed the effects of segregation from the violent treatment of black World War I soldiers returning home to the burning of her school, to her own experiences with harassment by white children as she walked to school. In 1932, she married Raymond Parks. Rosa Parks was born Rosa MacCauley in Februin Tuskegee, Alabama. Her activist spirit was cultivated at a young age. Her mother, Leona Edwards was a school teacher who introduced her to reading and black history. ![]() ![]() MEMPHIS, TN (WMC) - This past December marked the 60th anniversary of the Montgomery Bus Boycott that began when Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama city bus. Parks is held in high esteem throughout the country and the world, but few people are aware of her activism before Montgomery, as well as her Tennessee connection. ![]()
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