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Rosa Parks
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Gender | Female |
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Death | 19 years ago |
Date of birth | February 4,1913 |
Zodiac sign | Aquarius |
Born | Tuskegee |
Alabama | |
United States | |
Date of died | October 24,2005 |
Died | Detroit |
Michigan | |
United States | |
Spouse | Raymond Parks |
Height | 160 (cm) |
Awards | Presidential Medal of Freedom |
Congressional Gold Medal | |
Spingarn Medal | |
Golden Plate Awards | |
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | |
Siblings | Sylvester James McCauley |
Parents | Leona McCauley |
James McCauley | |
Movies/Shows | The Rosa Parks Story |
Boycott | |
Books | Rosa Parks |
I Am Rosa Parks | |
Dear Mrs. Parks | |
Reflections by Rosa Parks: The Quiet Strength and Faith of a Woman Who Changed a Nation | |
Nationality | American |
Grandparents | Louisa McCauley |
Anderson McCauley | |
Sylvester Edwards | |
Rose Edwards | |
Education | Highlander Folk School |
Montgomery Industrial School for Girls | |
Alabama State Teachers College for Negroes | |
Known for | Montgomery bus boycott |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 407546 |
Rosa Parks Life story
Rosa Louise McCauley Parks was an American activist in the civil rights movement best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott. The United States Congress has honored her as "the first lady of civil rights" and "the mother of the freedom movement".
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...The doll will come with educational material about her life Mattel has released a Barbie doll of civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks...