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#OTD Rosa Louise McCauley Parks (Feb 4, 1913 - Oct 24, 2005). Civil rights movement activist known as "the first lady of civil rights" and "the mother of the freedom movement” for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott.
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Cite this blog:
"Rosa Louise Parks, Mother of the Freedom Movement." Historianspeaks, February 6, 2026. https://historianspeaks.org/blog/rosa-louise-parks-mother-of-the-freedom-movement.
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