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Born
in Tuskegee Alabama -
Married
Raymond Parks -
Graduated
from high school and received her diploma, which not many young black women did back then -
Joined
and became a member (& secretary) of the NAACP -
Sparked
the montgomery bus boycott that lasted over 381 days, led by Martin Luther King, jr. -
Arrested
she was arrested for refusing to give her bus seat to a white man, a violation of the city’s racial segregation ordinances. -
Ended
Segregated seating on city buses after US Supreme Court deemed it unconstitutional -
Awarded
The Presidential Medal of Freedom