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) (aged 92) Detroit, Michigan, U.S. Resting place Woodlawn Cemetery, Detroit, Michigan, U.S. Occupation Civil rights activist Known for Montgomery bus boycott Movement Civil Rights Movement Spouse(s) Raymond Parks (m. 1932; died 1977) Signature