story of Rosa parks
James Henry McCauley
Rosa's father was an excellent builder and actually designed and built the old Henry County Training School in 1914. This school closed in 1970 and over 1300 black students graduated from there. Jim moved with his wife to Tuskegee in 1912 and Rosa was born there in 1913 before they moved back to Henry County on the farm. Jim later went north to build and Rosa's mother carried her back to Pine Level near Montgomery where her grandparents lived. Anderson McCauley died in 1922 and his wife sold the land to payoff a loan in 1928.
Rosa's father was an excellent builder and actually designed and built the old Henry County Training School in 1914. This school closed in 1970 and over 1300 black students graduated from there. Jim moved with his wife to Tuskegee in 1912 and Rosa was born there in 1913 before they moved back to Henry County on the farm. Jim later went north to build and Rosa's mother carried her back to Pine Level near Montgomery where her grandparents lived. Anderson McCauley died in 1922 and his wife sold the land to payoff a loan in 1928.
Rosa Louise parks
Rosa Louise Parks (McCauley)Birthdate:February 4, 1913 Birthplace:Tuskegee, Macon, Alabama, USA Death: Died October 24, 2005 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA Cause of death: Dementia Place of Burial:Woodlawn Cemetery, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA Immediate Family: Daughter of James Henry McCauley and Leona McCauley
Wife of Raymond A. Parks
Sister of Sylvester James McCauley
Occupation:Dressmaker, a seamstress, a life insurance agent, housekeeper, a hotel supervisor, civil rights activist, speaker, and author.Rosa Louise Parks (McCauley)Birthdate:February 4, 1913 Birthplace:Tuskegee, Macon, Alabama, USA Death: Died October 24, 2005 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA Cause of death: Dementia Place of Burial:Woodlawn Cemetery, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA Immediate Family: Daughter of James Henry McCauley and Leona McCauley
Wife of Raymond A. Parks
Sister of Sylvester James McCauley
Rosa Louise Parks (McCauley)Birthdate:February 4, 1913 Birthplace:Tuskegee, Macon, Alabama, USA Death: Died October 24, 2005 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA Cause of death: Dementia Place of Burial:Woodlawn Cemetery, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA Immediate Family: Daughter of James Henry McCauley and Leona McCauley
Wife of Raymond A. Parks
Sister of Sylvester James McCauley
Occupation:Dressmaker, a seamstress, a life insurance agent, housekeeper, a hotel supervisor, civil rights activist, speaker, and author.Rosa Louise Parks (McCauley)Birthdate:February 4, 1913 Birthplace:Tuskegee, Macon, Alabama, USA Death: Died October 24, 2005 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA Cause of death: Dementia Place of Burial:Woodlawn Cemetery, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA Immediate Family: Daughter of James Henry McCauley and Leona McCauley
Wife of Raymond A. Parks
Sister of Sylvester James McCauley
Leona Edwards McCauley is Rosa Parks's motherLeona Edwards McCauley was born on April 1887. She was an a Elementary school teacher. Leona Edwards McCauley, worked as a poorly paid teacher. During the war her mother worked in Detroit, Michigan, and Rosa saw that African Americans in the North had more freedom than did African Americans in the South.
Leona married a man in 1887 named Jim Carlie . Then she was married to James McCauley. James McCauley was a carpenter and a builder. He married Leona Edwards who was a teacher and they got married on April 12th, 1912 |