Rosa Parks

Historical marker location:

2180 Freedom Avenue, Mims, Florida

( Marker can be reached from Freedom Avenue, 0.3 miles south of Parker Street, on the left when traveling south.)

Mother of the Civil Rights Movement. Harry T. & Harriette V. Moore Memorial Park.

Florida played a major role in the Civil Rights Movement, with many important events taking place in the state, including the Tallahassee Bus Boycott in 1956 and the St. Augustine Movement in 1963.