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Feb 18, 2024 · James McCauley and Leona Edwards got married on April 12, 1912, at Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church in Pine Level, Alabama. They met while James was visiting his sister Addie in Pine Level, and Leona was a school teacher.
- February 4, 1913
- Female
- Rosa Parks
- Tuskegee, Alabama, United States
- Family
- Reformer
- Later Years
- Legacy
Rosa Louise McCauley was born February 4th, 1913 to James McCauley and Leona Edwards in Tuskegee, Alabama. She came from mixed racial ancestry, with one of her great grandparents being of Scottish/Irish descent. In the Deep South at the time she was considered non-white, making her subject to Jim Crow laws. Her parents divorced when she was young a...
Influenced by the KKK riding past her home and her school having been burned down twice when she was a child, Rosa grew up with her grandfather regularly standing guard in front of their house with a shotgun and her often joining him. There was much injustice in her life. She became very tired of having to give in and let others take her liberty aw...
While still living in Detroit in August 1994 a black man by the name of Joseph Nathaniel Skipper broke into the Civil Rights Icon home hit her in the face and robbed her of 53.00 dollars he was later arrested tried and sentenced to 15 years in prison. Fearing for her safety friend who was himself a civil rights Icon and federal judge Damon Keith a ...
Rosa Parks died October 24th, 2005 in Detroit, Michigan.She had been battling dementia and poor health, and had suffered financial difficulty. Rosa is buried in the Rosa Parks Memorial Mausoleum, Woodlawn Cemetery, Detroit, Michigan. Both Rosa's birthday, February 4, and the day she was arrested, December 1, are commemorated as Rosa Parks Day in Ca...
- Female
- February 4, 1913
- Raymond Arthur Parks
- October 24, 2005
Though Parks was certainly aware of the daily injustices visited upon African Americans through Jim Crow segregation laws, she was not an early activist for racial equality. In 1932, she married Montgomery barber Raymond Parks who was active in the local NAACP chapter.
Known For: Civil rights activist in the American south of 1950s and 1960s; Born: February 4, 1913 in Tuskegee, Alabama; Parents: James and Leona Edwards McCauley Died: October 24, 2005 in Detroit, Michigan; Education: Alabama State Teacher's College for Negroes; Spouse: Raymond Parks; Children: None
Rosa Parks was born Rosa Louise McCauley in Tuskegee, Alabama, on February 4, 1913, to Leona (née Edwards), a teacher, and James McCauley, a carpenter. In addition to African ancestry, one of her great-grandfathers was Scots-Irish and one of her great-grandmothers was a Native American slave.
- Female
- Raymond Arthur Parks
Nov 24, 2020 · Leona McCauley formerly Edwards. Born 2 Apr 1888 in Pine Level, Montgomery, Alabama, United States. Ancestors. Daughter of Sylvester Edwards and Rosena (Percival) Edwards. [sibling (s) unknown] Wife of James McCauley — married 17 Apr 1912 in Montgomery, Alabama, USA. Mother of Rosa Louise (McCauley) Parks and Sylvester James McCauley.
Her quiet courageous act changed America, its view of black people and redirected the course of history. Mrs. Parks was born Rosa Louise McCauley, February 4, 1913 in Tuskegee, Alabama. She was the first child of James and Leona Edwards McCauley. Her brother, Sylvester McCauley, now deceased, was born August 20, 1915.
