Rosaparks

Rosa Parks

By Angel Pedrosa
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    The Start

    Born, Tuskegee, Alabama

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    Moved to Pine Level, Alabama

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    Married Raymond Parks

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    Attended a workshop at the Highlander Folk School, Monteagle, Tennessee, in August. Arrested on December 1 and charged with violating Montgomery, Alabama, segregation laws by refusing to give up her bus seat to a white passenger Participated in organizing a boycott of the Montgomery bus system
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    Hostess, Holly Tree Inn, Hampton Institute, Hampton, Va.
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    Worked in Congressman John Conyers's district office in Detroit, Michigan

  • Her Reward

    Awarded the Congressional Gold Medal

  • The End

    2005, Oct. 24
    Died, Detroit, Michigan; lay in honor in the United States Capitol Rotund