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Rosa Parks, "the first lady of the civil rights movement," was born February 4, 1913, in Tuskegee Alabama. On December
1, 1955, Parks was arrested after refusing a bus drivers demand to give up her seat to a white passanger. Her courageous
act of defiance inspired the montgomery bus boycott. Today Parks are revered for her principaled stand against racial
segregation. However, in 1955, Parks face significant backlash for her actions, including the lost of her job and threats of
violence in 1999, the U. S. Congress awarded her the Congressional Gold Medal.