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“mother of the modern day civil rights movement”
Rosa Parks was born on Feb. 4th 1913 in Tuskegee Alabama. -
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Rosa Parks
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The Day
Rosa Parks was arrested for not giving up her seat on the bus for a white man. -
Rosa Louise McCauley Parks
she served as secretary and receptionist to African-American U.S. Representative John Conyers. After retirement from this position, she wrote an autobiography and lived a largely private life in Detroit. In her final years she suffered from dementia. -
Spingarn Medal
The NAACP awarded Rosa Parks the Spingarn Medal, their highest honor. -
Martin Luther King Jr. Award.
The NAACP awarded Rosa Parks the Martin Luther King Jr. Award. -
Michigan Women’s Hall of Fame.
Rosa Parks was inducted into the Michigan Women’s Hall of Fame. -
welcoming party
Rosa Parks had the honor of being part of the welcoming party for Nelson Mandela, who had been recently imprisoned in South Africa. -
Attacked in her home
In August of 1994 Rosa Parks was in her apartment when an African American drug addict named Joseph Skipper broke in and attacked her. -
she passed
Rosa passed.......... at the age of 92 -
Funeral
funeral in the U.S capital Rotunda she was the 1st woman and the 2nd African American. held on Wednesday, November 2, 2005
