Rosa parks was home schooled by her mother until the age 11 when she attended a all girls school at the age 16 early 11th grade rosa parks dropped out of high school to take care of her dying grand mother shortly after to take care of her ill mother in 1932 at the age 19 rosa parks married raymond parks rosa parks did not have any children. Early life and family parks was born rosa louise mccauley on february 4 1913 in tuskegee alabama her parents james and leona mccauley separated when parks was two. Rosa parks biography born rosa louise mccauley february 4 1913 in tuskegee al died of natural causes october 24 2005 in detroit mi civil rights activist rosa parks was best known for her act of civil disobedience in december of 1955 when she refused to give up her seat on a bus to white man in montgomery alabama. rosa parks early life and childhood early years on february 4 1913 rosa louise mccauley was born in tuskegee alabama to parents james mccauley and leona edwards her father was employed as a carpenter and her mother as a teacher in her younger years she was sick much of the time and as a result was a small child