A claim began circulating online in early 2024 that civil rights activist Rosa Parks' husband, Raymond Parks, had a car. It's unclear where the rumor originated, but it was repeated by American ...

Since at least 2024, social media users have claimed that Raymond Parks, the husband of civil rights/ bus boycott activist Rosa Parks, had a car. One post on X from May 2025 that repeated the ...

Rosa Parks and her husband standing in front of a car. (Library of Congress) While the photo is legitimate and can be found in the Library of Congress' archives, the car wasn't owned by Raymond Parks.