Original: Rosa Louise McCauley Parks ( February 4 , 1913 â '' October 24 , 2005 ) was an African-American civil rights activist , whom the U.S. Congress called '' the first lady of civil rights '' , and '' the mother of the freedom movement '' .
Simplified: Rosa Louise McCauley Parks ( February 4 , 1913 â '' October 24 , 2005 ) was an African-American seamstress and civil rights activist . She was called the '' Mother of the Modern-Day Civil Rights Movement '' .