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- United States civil rights leader who refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man in Montgomery (Alabama) and so triggered the national Civil Rights movement (born in 1913)
How To Use Rosa Parks In A Sentence
- Gay activists are taking a cue from Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King.
- He said that Rosa Parks helped to set all Americans free. He said the world knows of her because of a single act of bravery that struck a deadly blow to racial hatred.
- In Pritchard, the Conservatives have surely found their very own Rosa Parks, not a meek sempstress, admittedly, but the next best thing: in his words, "a council lad from a very poor background". Animals in circuses: If you're going to rebel, find a better cause | Catherine Bennett
- The Henry Ford purchased and overhauled the city bus on which Rosa Parks, today a Detroit resident, reputedly staged her famous resistance in Montgomery, Ala.
- Rosa Parks challenged us to fight for our soul, and we accepted the challenge.
- While people can name Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks, so many important black Canadian figures are forgotten. Canada.com Top Stories
- DETROIT-A dozen nieces and nephews of civil rights icon Rosa Parks have filed an objection to her will in hopes of gaining control of the use of her name and image.
- DETROIT-A dozen nieces and nephews of civil rights icon Rosa Parks have filed an objection to her will in hopes of gaining control of the use of her name and image.
- Rosa Parks didn't make a shiv and start knifing people when she was arrested.
- On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks was an unknown black seamstress living in Montgomery, Alabama.
