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Rosa Parks — This Day in Women's History

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Rosa Parks

1913 – 2005

Civil rights activist whose refusal to give up her bus seat sparked the Montgomery bus boycott.

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Feb041913
Activism
Rosa Parks born in Tuskegee, Alabama
The civil rights icon is born Rosa Louise McCauley.
National Park Service
Dec011955
Activism
Refuses to give up her seat in Montgomery
Her arrest sparks the 381-day Montgomery bus boycott.
Library of Congress — This Day in History