Rosa Parks Rosa Parks in 1955, with Martin Luther King Jr. in the background Born Rosa Louise McCauley (1913-02-04)February 4, 1913 Tuskegee, Alabama, U.S. Died October 24, 2005(2005-10-24) (agedxa092) Detroit, Michigan, U.S. Resting place Woodlawn Cemetery, Detroit, Michigan, U.S. Occupation Civil rights activist Knownxa0for Montgomery bus boycott Movement Civil Rights Movement Spouse(s) Raymond Parks (m.xa01932; diedxa01977) Signature