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Born in Tuskegee, Alabama.
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Rosa founded the Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self-Development with friend Elaine Eason. This organization runs but tours and introduces young people to important civil rights and Underground Railroad sites around the country.
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Rosa Parks published her autobiography, Rosa Parks: My Story.
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Quiet Strength was published, a memoir that includes how religious faith played throughout her life.
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On this day Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give her seat up to a white passenger.
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Rosa Parks died at the age of 92
