Parks, Rosa, 1913-2005

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Dates:
Birth 1913-02-04
Death 2005-10-24
Birth 1913
Americans
English

Biographical notes:

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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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
  • African Americans

Occupations:

  • African American civil rights workers

Places:

  • Detroit, MI, US
  • Montgomery, AL, US
  • Tuskegee, AL, US

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