Throughout Parks' education, she attended segregated schools. READ MORE: 16 Rosa Parks Quotes About Civil Rights Education In one experience, Parks' grandfather stood in front of their house with a shotgun while Ku Klux Klan members marched down the street. Parks' childhood brought her early experiences with racial discrimination and activism for racial equality. Both of Parks' grandparents were formerly enslaved people and strong advocates for racial equality the family lived on the Edwards' farm, where Parks would spend her youth. Parks’ mother moved the family to Pine Level, Alabama, to live with her parents, Rose and Sylvester Edwards.
Her parents, James and Leona McCauley, separated when Parks was two. Parks was born Rosa Louise McCauley on February 4, 1913, in Tuskegee, Alabama. Award by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Congressional Gold Medal. Parks was awarded the Martin Luther King Jr. Her bravery led to nationwide efforts to end racial segregation. Rosa Parks was a civil rights leader whose refusal to give up her seat to a white passenger on a segregated bus led to the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
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