Rosa Louise McCauley was born on February 4, 1913 to James and Leona McCauley. She was born in Tuskegee, Alabama and later moved to Montgomery, Alabama, where she attended school. Parks attended the Montgomery Industrial School for Girls, a private school where she paid her tuition by cleaning the classrooms. She later attended high school to continue her studies, but was forced to leave so she could take care of her mother who had fallen ill. After marrying her husband Raymond Parks in 1932, Parks returned to school to receive her high school diploma in the year 1934. Parks also volunteered for an organization known as the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) . This organization fought for equal rights for African Americans. Many know Parks as the African American who refused to give up her seat to a white man on the Montgomery City Bus in the year 1955, leading to the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Parks once stated, “People always say I didn't give up my seat because I was tired, but that's not true. I wasn't physically tired, or any more tired than I usually am at the end of a workday. I wasn't old, even though some people have the image of me being old. I was forty-two years old. No, the only tired I was, I was tired of giving up” (Parks). She continued to refuse to move from her seat on the bus, even after the bus driver repeatedly told Parks that he would call the police to have her arrested if she didn't move. She stated: “Arrest me for sitting on a bus? You can do it” (Parks). As soon as the police arrived, she was arrested for defending herself by refusing to get up from her seat on the bus. Parks was fined $10.00 plus $4.00 court costs and given a date to be placed......middle of the paper...in her memory. President Obama once said, “Our nation has been forever transformed by his refusal to give up his seat, advancing our journey toward justice and equality for all” (Obama). Parks was a brave and courageous woman who wanted to make a difference for herself and many other African Americans who were suffering under segregation laws. He once stated, “I believe that we are here on planet Earth to live and grow and do what we can to make this world a better place where all people can enjoy freedom” (Parks). Rosa Parks has been successful in her attempts to make the world a better place. He fought against all odds to fight for the rights of African Americans. “Racism is still with us. But it's up to us to prepare our children for what they're going to face and hopefully we can get through it” (Parks). Rosa Parks will forever be remembered as the mother of the Civil Rights Movement.