The Montgomery Housing Authority (MHA) owns and manages the historic home where Mrs. Rosa Parks lived during the Montgomery Bus Boycott in a public housing community known as Cleveland Court (currently called Parks Place). Her home served as a place of tranquility and safety for civil rights activist Rosa Parks, her husband Raymond Parks and her mother, Leona McCauley. In 1951, the family moved to their modest two-story apartment in what was once an upscale neighborhood for African Americans. While living in Cleveland Court, Rosa Parks enjoyed working with young people and was very close friends with Rev. Robert and Jeannie Gratz. She attended church, at St. Paul A.M.E. Church where she served as a deaconess. Following the bus boycott, Rosa Parks and her family moved to Detroit, MI in 1957.
The eight-unit building, including her apartment, was placed on the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage on March 30, 1989, and the National Register of Historic Places on October 29, 2001, to preserve its history.
Our story about Mrs. Parks’ personal life is designed to introduce the courageous but quiet MHA who has preserved the home as a place of pilgrimage to honor Mrs. Rosa Parks and her legacy.
We invite you to visit the historic home.
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