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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.
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.
• Rosa Louise Parks
was nationally
recognized as the
"mother of the
modern day civil
rights movement" in
America. Also in
Montgomery
Alabama.
• 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.
• **When was Rosa Parks born?**
1.
December 28 1968
2. February 4 1913
3.
April 23 1996
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At what age did Rosa Parks complete he
education?
• 1)10
2. 9
3. 11
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Where was Rosa born?
1. Georgia
2. Mississippi
3. tuskege Alabama
What tear did Rosa get the medal of
freedom?
1)1999
2)1996
3)1990
• How many honorary doctorate degrees did
Rosa receive?
• 1)42
• 2)41
• 3)43