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Rosa Parks was born Louise McCauley, February 4, 1913 in Tuskegee, Alabama. She was the first child of James and Leona Edwards McCauley.
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Sparking the modern civil rights movement in the United States by refusing to give up her bus seat to a white passenger. Rosa arrest for breaking Montgomery segregation laws started a boycott of the city bus line that lasted 381 days. This eventually led to the 1956 Supreme Court ruling declaring segregation illegal on public buses.
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Rosa Louise Parks was nationally recognized as the "mother of the modern day civil rights movement" in America. Also in Montgomery Alabama.
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Her refusal to surrender her seat to a white male passenger on a Montgomery, Alabama bus, December 1, 1955, triggered a wave of protest December 5, 1955 that reverberated throughout the United States. Her quiet courageous act changed America, its view of black people and redirected the course of history.
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**When was Rosa Parks born?** 1. December 28 1968December 28 1968 2.February 4 1913February 4 1913 3. April 23 1996April 23 1996
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At what age did Rosa Parks complete he education? 1)10 2. 99 3. 1111
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Where was Rosa born? 1. GeorgiaGeorgia 2. MississippiMississippi 3. tuskege Alabamatuskege Alabama
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What tear did Rosa get the medal of freedom? 1)1999 2)1996 3)1990
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How many honorary doctorate degrees did Rosa receive? 1)42 2)41 3)43
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