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Born Rosa McCauley on February 4, 1913
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Mother's name was Leona McCauley and was a school teacher
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Father's name was James McCauley and was a carpenter
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Married Raymond Parks at the age of nineteen
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Greatest Contribution to Civil Rights Movement was the Montgomery Bus Boycott
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Trial taken to the Supreme Court for her Bus Boycott
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Established the Institute for Self Development froyoung people in 1987
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Involved in the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
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"Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others."
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Considered to be the "Mother of the Civil Rights Movement"
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Died on October 24, 2005
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