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  She was born in Tuskegee, Alabama.
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  The elementary school she went to was Pine Level.
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  The middle school she went to was Miss.Whites School For Girls
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  The high school she went to was Alabama State Teachers College High School.
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  She got married to Raymond Parks. She got married at 19.
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  She didn't give up her seat on the bus to a white person. She went to jail at 42.