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You will in effect be hurting someone who has done so much for Americans and for persons of color. It's private. It doesn't serve anybody any good
Rosa Park's medical records to be released Jan 11, 2005
We never had proof, but we always suspected something was amiss with Auntie Rosa
Relatives question Rosa Parks' care Nov 23, 2004
These lawsuits are only about money and they (Steele and Reed) are trying to acquire it from OutKast
Rosa Parks' family: Don't sue OutKast Oct 20, 2004
We believe our aunt would appreciate the fact that their artistic gesture was designed to keep her legacy alive and fresh in the mind of this generation and generations to come
Rosa Parks' family: Don't sue OutKast Oct 20, 2004
Hush that fuss/ Everybody move to the back of the bus
Rosa Parks v. Outkast set for trial Jun 07, 2004
Rosa Louise McCauley Parks (February 4, 1913 – October 24, 2005) was an African-American civil rights activist, whom the U.S. Congress called "the first lady of civil rights", and "the mother of the freedom movement".
On December 1, 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama, Parks, age 42, refused to obey bus driver James Blake's order that she give up her seat to make room for a white passenger. While her action was not the first of its kind to impact the civil rights issue (see also Lizzie Jennings in 1854, Irene Morgan in 1946, Sarah Louise Keys in 1955, Claudette Colvin on the same bus system nine months before Parks), Parks' individual action of civil disobedience created further impact by sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
Parks' act of defiance became an important symbol of the modern Civil Rights Movement and Parks became an international icon of resistance to racial segregation. She organized and collaborated with civil rights leaders, including boycott leader Martin Luther King, Jr., helping to launch him to national prominence in the civil rights movement.