Rosa Parks Born: February 4, 1913

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Rosa ParksBorn February 4, 1913

• Kassie

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Three Reasons Why She Is Famous

• She is famous because she worked as a secretary
  for the NAACP.
• Rosa Parks is also famous for refusing to give up
  her seat for a white man on December 1, 1955.
• One more thing is she helped make her fellow
  Americans aware of history of the civil rights
  struggle.

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Interesting Facts I Have Found

• Rosa Parks was not the first African American to
  refuse a bus seat.
• Also she has been awarded many medals and awards.
• Finally, Rosa Parks had a street named after her.

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How Did This Person Try To Make This A Better
World?

• Rosa Parks was inspired in the 2002 film
  Barbershop in having characters talk about
  African Americans refusing to give up their bus
  seats. Also she was inducted into the Womans
  Hall of Fame in 1983. Another thing is Rosa Parks
  was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in 1999.
  One more thing is The Rosa Parks Library and
  Museum in Alabama was dedicated to her in
  November 2001.