Parks, Rosa, 1913-2005
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Parks, Rosa, 1913-2005
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Parks
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Rosa
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1913-2005
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Parks, Rosa, 1913-
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Parks, Rosa, 1913-
McCauley, Rosa, 1913-2005
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Rosa
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パークス, ãƒãƒ¼ã‚¶, 1913-2005
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Biographical History
"Mother of the Modern Civil Rights Movement."
Civil rights activist; interviewee married Raymond Parks.
Rosa Louis Lee Parks (1913-2005) became an icon of the civil rights movement after she was arrested and jailed for refusing to relinquish her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama, bus in 1955. Her courage led to the Montgomery bus boycott and eventual court order outlawing segregation and discrimination on buses in that city. She was honored with the Congressional Gold Medal, the United States' highest civilian honor, in July of 1999.
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https://id.loc.gov/authorities/n87927953
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/10571886
https://viaf.org/viaf/18032665
https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n87927953
https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q41921
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eng
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Subjects
African Americans
African Americans
African American women
Archival resources
Civil rights demonstrations
Civil rights movement
Civil rights movements
Civil rights workers
Discrimination in public accommodation
Race discrimination
Segregation
Segregation in transportation
Nationalities
Americans
Activities
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African American civil rights workers
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Detroit
MI, US
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Death
Montgomery
AL, US
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Tuskegee
AL, US
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