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Rosa Parks: My family, I would say, my mother, and my maternal grandparents. I grew up with them. ... Rosa Parks: Just by her attitude and the way she talked. We were human beings and we should be treated as such. ... Rosa Parks: It was just the way I grew up. Yes, she did. Of course, my grandfather had the same ideas,
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Her parents were named James McCauley & Leona Edwards McCauley. Her brother and sister-in-law were Sylvester & Daisy. Her husbands name was Raymond Parks. Raymond's parents, whom had both had died by the time he met Rosa, were named...
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_was_Rosa_Parks's_family'...
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On 1st December, 1955, Rosa Parks, left Montgomery Fair, the department store where she worked, and got on the same bus as she did every night. As always she sat in the "black section" at the back of the bus. ... Rosa and her family were now targets for white racists and in 1957 the family decided to move to Detroit.
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www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAparksR.htm
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAparksR.htm
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Rosa Parks, "The Mother of the Modern-day Civil Rights Movement," describes her pivotal role in the Montgomery Bus Boycott and helps students understand the importance of every individual citizen in a democracy. Read through her story and then express how you would feel if you were in her situation. ... Family Life...
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teacher.scholastic.com/rosa/
teacher.scholastic.com/rosa/
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Fifty years after her refusal to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama, bus, Mrs. Rosa Parks is still one of the most important figures in the American civil rights movement. This picture book tribute to Mrs. Parks is a celebration of her courageous action and the events that followed. ... Family Life...
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Rosa Parks was born in Tuskegee, Alabama. She was born on February 4, 1913. Her mother’s name was Leona. Her father name is James. She lived on her grandparent’s farm. She had a brother named Sylvester. ... The work that Rosa Parks did helped end segregation. She worked in the United States House of Representatives.
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www2.lhric.org/pocantico/womenenc/parks4.htm
www2.lhric.org/pocantico/womenenc/parks4.htm
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Rosa Parks; The Woman Who Changed a Nation; ... When Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man forty years ago on December 1, 1955, she was tired and weary from a long day of work. ... Rosa Parks was physically tired, but no more than you or I after a long day's work. In fact, under other circumstances,
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www.grandtimes.com/rosa.html
www.grandtimes.com/rosa.html
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Parks and others lost their jobs, and she was harassed and threatened. The boycott held, and an important corner was turned in the movement. Parks and her family eventually moved to Detroit, where she worked for many years for Congressman John Conyers. ... Additional Resources:Brinkley, Douglas. Rosa Parks. New York:
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Rosa Parks - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Rosa Louise McCauley Parks (February 4, 1913 – October 24, 2005) was an African American civil rights activist whom the U.S. Congress later called the "Mother of the Modern-Day Civil Rights Movement....
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosa_Parks
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