Rosa Parks (1913-2005) Mrs.Rosa Parks was an activist in the African-American Civil Rights Movement.She almost single-handedly altered the negro progress in Montgomery, Alabama,1955,by the bus boycott she began.The United States Congress called her "the first lady of civil rights"and "the mother of the freedom movement".Her birthday, February 4,and the day she was arrested,December 1,have both become Rosa Parks Day.Rosa Parks (1913-2005) Mrs. Rosa Parks was an activist in the African-American Civil Rights Movement. She almost single-handedly altered the negro progress in Montgomery, Alabama, 1955, by the bus boycott she began. The United States Congress called her "the first lady of civil rights" and "the mother of the freedom movement”. Her birthday, February 4, and the day she was arrested, December 1, have both become Rosa Parks Day