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Rosa Parks

Rosa Parks. Born: February 4, 1913. Montgomery, Alabama. From the front steps of Alabama's Judicial Building you can see the Retirement Systems of Alabama tower and the First Methodist Church. Downtown Montgomery.

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Rosa Parks

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  1. Rosa Parks Born: February 4, 1913

  2. Montgomery, Alabama

  3. From the front steps of Alabama's Judicial Building you can see the Retirement Systems of Alabama tower and the First Methodist Church.

  4. Downtown Montgomery

  5. Rosa Parks has been called the "mother of the civil rights movement" and one of the most important citizens of the 20th century. Mrs. Parks was a seamstress in Montgomery, Alabama when, in December of 1955, she refused to give up her seat on a city bus to a white passenger. The bus driver had her arrested. She was tried and convicted of violating a local ordinance.

  6. Her act sparked a citywide boycott of the bus system by blacks that lasted more than a year. The boycott raised an unknown clergyman named Martin Luther King, Jr., to national prominence and resulted in the U.S. Supreme Court decision outlawing segregation on city buses.

  7. Over the next four decades, she helped make her fellow Americans aware of the history of the civil rights struggle. This pioneer in the struggle for racial equality is the recipient of innumerable honors, including the Martin Luther King Jr. Nonviolent Peace Prize. She is a living symbol of courage and determination and an inspiration to freedom-loving people everywhere.

  8. 1956 press conference

  9. On her way in to Montgomery Court house to enter her plea after being arrested.

  10. Leaving Court house Feb 22 1956

  11. Riding in the front of the bus, after Supreme Court Decision

  12. Riding newly integrated bus

  13. Mrs. Parks with Martin Luther King, Jr.

  14. Still protesting injustice in her 70’s

  15. Given Congressional Medal of Honor June 15 1999

  16. Credits Information and pictures were taken from: http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/par0pro-1

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