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Professor Michael Eric Dyson said of her, "She sat down with dignity so that all black people could stand up with pride."
Possibly the only living black woman in the United States whose life changed the racial history of our country has received an honorary degree in humane letters from Florida State University.
Rosa Louise McCauley Parks was born on February 4, 1913 in Tuskegee, Alabama. At age 1 1 , she was enrolled in the Montgomery Industrial School for Girls. Later Mrs. Parks attended Alabama State...