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          Rosa Louise McCauley Parks or Rosa Parks was an African-American civil rights activist known for starting the Montgomery Bus Boycott, a watershed in the US Civil Rights Movement.

          If you are looking for Rosa Parks facts for kids, you are at the right place. Rosa Parks was born on February 4, , in Tuskegee, Alabama. She refused to give up her seat for a white passenger on a bus on December 1, This act eventually led to her arrest and trial.

          The incident sparked widespread outrage and paved the way for acts of activism, such as the Montgomery Bus Boycott and nationwide movements, demanding an end to segregation. Read on as we discover more fascinating facts about the civil rights activist.

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          The Civil Rights Movement was a series of non-violent agitations and political and social movements to end discrimination, disenfranchisement, racial segregation in the USA.

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          • Several states in the United States celebrate December 1 and February