US civil rights activist hailed
US President Barack Obama has unveiled a statue of famed civil rights campaigner Rosa Parks, whose refusal to move seats on a segregated bus was a key moment in African-American's struggle for civil rights.
Who was Rosa Parks?
A statue of civil rights activist Rosa Parks was unveiled today by President Barack Obama, here is a quick look at who she was:
- Rosa Parks was born on 4 February 1913, she was a famed civil rights campaigner.
- Her refusal to surrender her seat to a white passenger on a public bus in Alabama in 1955 is regarded as a key event in the civil rights movement.
- The US Congress called Parks 'the first lady of civil rights', 'the mother of the freedom movement' and 'the saint of an endless struggle.'
- She died on 24 October 2005 at the age of 92.
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