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Rosa Lee Parks, was born Rosa McCauley on February 4, 1913 in Tuskegee, Alabama to James and Leona McCauley. Her father was a carpenter and her mother w.

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Alabama Attorney Fred Gray Represented Civil Rights Giants, Becoming One

Alabama Newscenter Few people can say they knew Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks when that internationally celebrated pair were average citizens. Fred D. Gray Sr. can. The 90-year-old legendary civil rights lawyer has known most of the most-respected figures in the modern movement toward equality for Blacks. He represented Parks and King, persuading judges to make rulings that helped shape both of their lives. Gray’s courtroom victories led to many of the most important gains in reducing the vast disparity in rights that was a reality in America when he opened his first law office in Montgomery.

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Traveling exhibits in Panama City recall Legacy of Rosa Parks, other women

PANAMA CITY Two traveling exhibits focused on the Civil Rights movement will be on display at Panama City s City Hall in conjunction with Black History Month. The Panama City Community Redevelopment Agency is hosting The Legacy of Rosa Parks” and “The Women of the Movement” from Troy (Alabama) University’s Rosa Parks Museum. According to a release from Caitlin Lawrence, public information officer for the City of Panama City, “The Legacy of Rosa Parks” exhibit examines the story of Parks, who like the many other African Americans in her community of Montgomery, Alabama decided the time for change was long overdue.

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Rosa Parks Fast Facts

Rosa Parks Fast Facts elisfkc2 / Flickr / CC BY-SA 2.0 Civil rights leader Rosa Parks was arrested in Montgomery, Alabama, for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white passenger in 1955. This lead to African-Americans boycotting public transportation to protest Parks’ arrest and, in turn, segregation laws. Here’s a look at her life. Personal Death date: October 24, 2005 Birth Father: James McCauley, carpenter Marriage: Raymond Parks (1932-1977, his death) Timeline 1930-1955 – Works several jobs as a housekeeper, seamstress, secretary and life insurance agent. Spends her spare time active in the voter registration movement and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).

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