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Bookmark or Share- Rosa Parks | Biography, Accomplishments, Quotes, Family ...Rosa Parks (born February 4, 1913, Tuskegee, Alabama, U.S.—died October 24, 2005, Detroit, Michigan) was an American civil rights activist whose refusal to relinquish her seat on a public bus precipitated the 1955–56 Montgomery bus boycott in Alabama, which became the spark that ignited the civil rights movement in the United States.
- Rosa Parks: Bus Boycott, Civil Rights & Facts | HISTORYRosa Parks (1913—2005) helped initiate the civil rights movement in the United States when she refused to give up her seat to a white man on a Montgomery, Alabama bus in 1955. Her actions...
- Rosa - North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant ToolboxDescription. Roses are woody, deciduous, perennial shrubs or vines in the rose family (Rosaceae). They are native to the temperate and subtropical Northern Hemisphere, including North America Europe, and Asia, and grow 1 to 8 feet tall and 2 to 6 feet wide depending upon the cultivar, species, or hybrid, of which there are a great many.
- Meaning, origin and history of the name Rosa (1)This was the name of a 13th-century saint from Viterbo in Italy. In the English-speaking world it was first used in the 19th century. Famous bearers include the Polish-German revolutionary Rosa Luxemburg (1871-1919) and the American civil rights activist Rosa Parks (1913-2005).
- Rosa Name Meaning: Origins and SignificanceRosa is a very common name in Spanish-speaking countries. It is pronounced as “RO-sa” and means “rose” in Spanish. It is often associated with the Virgin Mary, who is sometimes referred to as La Rosa Mystica, or the Mystical Rose. Rosa is a popular name for baby girls in Spain, Mexico, and other Spanish-speaking countries. Rosa in Italian
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