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Rosa Parks was born on February 4, 1913 in Tuskegee, Alabama. She grew up in the southern United States. Rosa went to a local school for African-American children where her mother was a teacher.
In 1931, Rosa met Raymond Parks, a successful barber who worked in Montgomery. They married a year later.
During this time, the city of Montgomery was segregated. Growing up in the South, Rosa Parks was scared of the KKK, so her husband and she decided to join the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). They wanted to fight segregation.
It was on December 1, 1955 that Rosa made her famous stand on the bus. All the seats on the bus were taken when a white man got on the bus. The bus driver told Rosa and other African-American people to stand up, but Rosa refused. She didn't move. Soon, the police showed up and Rosa was arrested. She had to pay a 10$ fine.
After that, some African-American people decided to boycott the city buses. This meant that they would no longer ride the buses. It wasn't easy for people to boycott buses as many didn't have cars. Finally, the Supreme Court decided that the segregation bus law was unconstitutional, illegal.
Rosa Parks died on October 24, 2005. She became a symbol to many African-Americans and is still a symbol of freedom and equality today.
