Rosa Parks was born in February 1913, in Tuskegee, Alabama. While she was seated on a bus, a white male asked her to move so he may sit there; she refused. This then caused a boycott from bus transportation lead by Martin Luther King Jr. The city of Montgomery had no choice but to lift the law requiring segregation on public buses. Rosa Parks received many acknowledgments during her lifetime, including the NAACP's highest award. Rosa Parks' childhood showed her early on experiences with racial discrimination and activism for racial equality. Her mother taught her how to read at a very young age. She attended a segregated, one-room school that lacked desks and school supplies. She attended segregated schools her whole life. We know Rosa Parks as the woman who stood up to a white male and denied him a seat on the bus. She was an amazing person who wanted everyone to be equal.