Rosa Parks
4 February 1913 – 24 October 2005
Rosa Parks was an American civil rights activist whose refusal to give up her bus seat to a white passenger in Montgomery, Alabama, sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott of 1955-1956. Her act of resistance became a symbol of the civil rights movement and earned her the title "the mother of the freedom movement." She was later awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Congressional Gold Medal.
Lived at the same time
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Life events
Born Rosa Louise McCauley in Tuskegee, Alabama.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgMarried barber and civil rights activist Raymond Parks.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgJoined the Montgomery chapter of the NAACP and served as its secretary.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgArrested for refusing to surrender her seat to a white passenger, sparking the bus boycott.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHer arrest triggered a 381-day boycott of the city's bus system.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgMoved to Detroit amid economic hardship and threats following the boycott.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgReceived the nation's highest civilian honor from President Bill Clinton.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHonored by the U.S. Congress with its highest civilian award.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgDied of natural causes at her home; she later lay in honor at the U.S. Capitol.
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