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By Lee Hattabaugh, October 1, 2010
The Bus Stop Marker
SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER
1 Alabama, Montgomery County, Montgomery — Rosa Louise McCauley Parks / The Bus Stop
On Dexter Avenue at Commerce Street, on the right when traveling east on Dexter Avenue.
Side A A Lady of Courage Born in Tuskegee, AL on February 4, 1913, to James McCauley, a carpenter, and Leona Edwards, a teacher. Moved with mother and brother to Pine Level, AL after parents' separation. Enrolled in Mrs. White's School . . . Map (db m36503) HM
2 Alabama, Montgomery County, Montgomery — Elijah Cook / City of Montgomery v. Rosa Parks
On North Perry Street at Madison Avenue, on the right when traveling north on North Perry Street.
Elijah Cook Educator, Businessman, Lawmaker Born a slave in Wetumpka in 1833, Elijah Cook became a leader in Montgomery’s African American community. Credited with helping to establish the city’s first school for blacks in the basement . . . Map (db m69222) HM
3 Alabama, Henry County, Abbeville — Rosa Parks Lived Here
On Alabama 10 (Alabama Route 10) 1.3 miles west of U.S. 431, on the right when traveling west.
Civil rights pioneer Rosa McCauley Parks was born on February 4, 1913 in Tuskegee, Alabama. Shortly after her birth her parents James and Leona McCauley, moved here to a 260 acre farm owned by her grandparents, Anderson and Louisa McCauley. Her . . . Map (db m241312) HM
4 Alabama, Montgomery County, Montgomery — Here Stood Mrs. Rosa ParksMother of the Civil Rights Movement
On Court Square at Dexter Avenue, on the right when traveling west on Court Square.
Commemorating the centennial Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated Here stood Mrs. Rosa Parks Mother of the Civil Rights Movement and honorary member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. where she boarded the Montgomery . . . Map (db m85986) HM
5 Alabama, Montgomery County, Montgomery — Rosa Parks Montgomery Bus Boycott / Hank Williams Alabama Troubadour
On Montgomery Street, on the right when traveling west.
Side A At the bus stop on this site on December 1, 1955, Mrs. Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to boarding whites. This brought about her arrest, conviction, and fine. The Boycott began December 5, the day of Parks’ trial, as a . . . Map (db m86422) HM
 
 
 
 
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