Today marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Rosa Parks.
She was small in stature, quiet, humble, and yet a woman who made a giant mark on the pages of American history. A woman hailed as a true icon of the civil rights movement.
Her deliberate, well-thought-out act of civil disobedience galvanized the struggle for civil rights, not only here in America, but around the world.
A year later, in 1956, Rosa Parks and her husband Raymond moved to Detroit where she lived until her death in 2005.
We take a closer look at the life and legacy of Rosa Parks with Wayne State University Professor of History, Danielle McGuire.
Her book is entitled "At The Dark End of the Street: Black Women, Rape and Resistance: A New History of the Civil Rights Movement from Rosa Parks to the Rise of Black Power."
She joined us now from the Rosa Parks celebration, the National Day of Courage, at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn.
