#OnThisDay in 1913, Rosa Parks was born in Tuskegee, Alabama. Parks, also known as the “Mother of the Civil Rights Movement,” became a nationally recognized symbol after she refused to give up her seat on a bus to a White person. Her courageous act initiated the Montgomery Bus Boycott, which led to the desegregation of buses. In 1991, she became a Freedom Award honoree. #DYK #FreedomAward #NCRMFreedomAward