Parks

American  

[pahrks] / pɑrks /

noun

1. Gordon (Alexander Buchanan), 1912–2006, U.S. photojournalist and film director.

2. Rosa Rosa Louise McCauley, 1913–2006, U.S. civil rights leader.

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Example Sentences

Time and time again on “Parks and Recreation,” the intrepid and plucky Leslie cut through legislative red tape and won over her enemies, and the ones she couldn’t persuade always looked like cold-hearted fools.

From Salon

Colvin, at age 15, was arrested nine months before Rosa Parks gained international fame for also refusing to give up her seat on a segregated bus.

From Los Angeles Times

“Young people think Rosa Parks just sat down on a bus and ended segregation, but that wasn’t the case at all,” Colvin said to the New York Times in 2009.

From Salon

The National Parks Conservation Assn. said it backs efforts to increase funding that will support parks but doesn’t want fees to become a barrier “that keeps people from experiencing America’s most iconic places.”

From Los Angeles Times

It was Rosa Parks who became one of the main figures of the civil rights movement after her very similar case led to the large-scale boycott of the bus system in the city.

From BBC