Rosa Parks

1. Civil rights activist

1.1. in 1943 Parks, became a member of the Montgomery chapter of the NAACP

1.1.1. she served as its secretary until 1956

2. "the mother of the freedom movment"

3. Born: February 4, 1913, Tuskegee, Alabama, United States Died: October 24, 2005, Detroit, Michigan, United States

3.1. died of natural causes

4. Awards:

4.1. Presidential medal of freedom

4.1.1. 1996

4.2. congressional gold medal

4.2.1. 1999

4.3. Spingarm medal

4.3.1. 1979

4.4. golden plate award

4.4.1. 1995

5. why was Rosa Parks important

5.1. Because she refused to give her seat up to a white man