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- Rosa Parks was born in Tuskegee, Alabama.
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Rosa is enrolled in Montgomery Industrial School for Girls (Miss White's School for Girls), a private institution
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She married Raymond Parker, a barber
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She refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man. She was arrested and fined, leading to the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
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Hired by U.S. Representative John Conyers
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Her husband, Raymond Parks, 74, dies of cancer.
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She was awarded the Peace Abbey Courage of Conscience award for her years of community service and lifelong commitment to social change through non-violent means and civil rights.
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Rosa Parks Was Attacked in her apartment by Joseph Skipper.
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She was presented, by President Bill Clinton, with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. This is the highest U.S. honor that can be bestowed upon a civilian.
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Rosa Parks dies because of demetia in her Detroit home
