She helped defending the Scottsboro Boys
Rosa Parks met and fell in love with Raymond Parks, a politically engaged hairdresser, in 1931 – the "first true activist I ever met." Raymond was fighting to liberate the Scottsboro Boys, nine young men arrested for riding the railroads, falsely convicted of rape, and condemned to death in 1931 Alabama. Rosa and Raymond married in December 1932, "right in the heart of the Scottsboro Boys rescue effort." So she began her political involvement and wedded life by assisting Raymond in freeing and defending the nine young men. They both went to meetings. This was risky job. The group would convene at strange hours, such as dawn and midnight. “Not many men were activists in those days either, because if it was known that they were meeting, they would be wiped right out. But it didn’t bother me being married to Parks. He was doing the same thing before we got married, and I knew how dangerous it was.”
Raymond visited the Scottsboro lads in prison and informed Rosa that he would "never sleep well until they’re free." She helped defending the Scottsboro Boys, and it is one of major accomplishments of Rosa Parks. The police searched for people to frighten as the Scottsboro organization grew. Raymond's associates were both slain. Two policeman on motorcycles rode back and forth in front of the Parks' house one day. Rosa and a buddy were terrified. Raymond returned home safely, entering through the back door. "At least they didn’t get him that time," she was relieved.
