Rosa Parks
E17197
Rosa Parks was an African American civil rights activist whose refusal to give up her bus seat to a white passenger in Montgomery, Alabama, became a pivotal symbol of the struggle against racial segregation.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Rosa Parks canonical | 63 |
| Rosa Louise McCauley Parks | 2 |
| Rosa Parks (born in Tuskegee) | 1 |
| Rosa Parks as a civil rights icon | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
African American
ⓘ
civil rights activist ⓘ human ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Congressional Gold Medal
ⓘ
Presidential Medal of Freedom ⓘ Spingarn Medal ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Woodlawn Cemetery, Detroit, Michigan, United States ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | natural causes ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy | Rosa Parks Day ⓘ |
| commemoratedIn |
United States Capitol
ⓘ
surface form:
United States Capitol (statue in National Statuary Hall)
|
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| date | 1955-12-01 ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1913-02-04 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2005-10-24 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Alabama State University
ⓘ
surface form:
Alabama State Teachers College for Negroes (did not complete)
Industrial School for Girls in Montgomery ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Black Americans
ⓘ
surface form:
African Americans
|
| event | arrest on December 1, 1955, for refusing to give up bus seat ⓘ |
| familyName |
McCauley
ⓘ
Parks ⓘ |
| fullName |
Rosa Parks
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Rosa Louise McCauley Parks
|
| gender | female ⓘ |
| givenName | Rosa ⓘ |
| hasWork |
Quiet Strength
ⓘ
Rosa Parks: My Story ⓘ |
| heritage |
Black Americans
ⓘ
surface form:
African American
|
| honor | called “the mother of the civil rights movement” ⓘ |
| influenced |
American civil rights legislation
ⓘ
Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ |
| inspired | boycotts and protests against segregation across the United States ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Montgomery bus boycott
ⓘ
refusing to give up her bus seat to a white passenger ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| legalCase | Browder v. Gayle ⓘ |
| memberOf | NAACP ⓘ |
| movement | American civil rights movement ⓘ |
| notableEventLocation |
Montgomery, Alabama
ⓘ
surface form:
Montgomery, Alabama, United States
|
| notableRole | symbol of resistance to racial segregation ⓘ |
| occupation |
civil rights activist
ⓘ
seamstress ⓘ |
| participantIn | Montgomery bus boycott ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Tuskegee, Alabama, United States ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Detroit
ⓘ
surface form:
Detroit, Michigan, United States
|
| positionHeld | secretary of the Montgomery chapter of the NAACP ⓘ |
| religion |
Methodist churches
ⓘ
surface form:
Methodism
|
| residence |
Detroit
ⓘ
surface form:
Detroit, Michigan, United States
Montgomery, Alabama ⓘ
surface form:
Montgomery, Alabama, United States
|
| spouse | Raymond Parks ⓘ |
Referenced by (67)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Rosa Louise McCauley Parks
subject surface form:
Tuskegee, Alabama
this entity surface form:
Rosa Parks (born in Tuskegee)
this entity surface form:
Rosa Louise McCauley Parks
subject surface form:
Woodlawn Cemetery (Detroit)
this entity surface form:
Rosa Parks as a civil rights icon