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Rosa Louise McCauley Parks was an activist in the African-American Civil Rights Movement, whom the United States Congress called "the first lady of civil rights" and "the mother of the freedom movement". Her birthday, February 4, and the day she was arrested, December 1, have both become Rosa Parks Day, commemorated in both California and Ohio. On December 1, 1955, in Montgomery, Alabama, Parks refused to obey bus driver James F. Blake's order that she give up her seat in the colored section to a white passenger, after the white section was filled. Parks was not the first person to resist bus segregation. Others had taken similar steps, including Irene Morgan in 1946, Sarah Louise Keys in 1955, and the members of the Browder v. Gayle lawsuit who were arrested in Montgomery months before Parks
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Rosa Parks
Born 1913-02-04 (113 years ago) in Tuskegee. Dead 2005-10-24 (92 years).
Height 160 centimeters.
| Award | Year |
|---|---|
| NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (Touched by an Angel) | 2000 |
| Congressional Gold Medal | 1999 |
| Presidential Medal of Freedom | 1996 |
| Golden Plate Awards | 1995 |
| Spingarn Medal | 1979 |
| Award | Year |
|---|---|
| NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (Touched by an Angel) | 2000 |
| Name |
|---|
| Raymond Parks(Gifta: 1932-12-18–1977-08-19) |
Leona McCauley, James McCauley
Sylvester McCauley
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