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  2. Raymond Parks (activist) - Wikipedia

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    Raymond Arthur Parks (February 12, 1903 – August 19, 1977) was an American activist in the civil rights movement and barber, best known as the husband of Rosa Parks. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] His wife called him "the first real activist I ever met.” [ 3 ]

  3. Rosa Parks - Wikipedia

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    Rosa Parks was born Rosa Louise McCauley in Tuskegee, Alabama, on February 4, 1913, to Leona (née Edwards), a teacher, and James McCauley, a carpenter.In addition to African ancestry, one of Parks's great-grandfathers was Scots-Irish, and one of her great-grandmothers was a part–Native American slave.

  4. Cleveland Court Apartments 620–638 - Wikipedia

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    Unit 634 was home to civil rights activist Rosa Parks, her husband Raymond, and her mother, Leona McCauley, during the Montgomery bus boycott from 1955 to 1956. The building was placed on the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage on March 30, 1989, and the National Register of Historic Places on October 29, 2001. [1] [2]

  5. The 25 Best Rosa Parks Quotes About Social Justice and ... - AOL

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    Both she and her husband later lost their jobs, but her courageous act of civil disobedience sparked the now-legendary Montgomery Bus Boycott, a 381-day non-violent protest by the Black community ...

  6. Buffett heir buys Rosa Parks archive - AOL

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    By MIKE HOUSEHOLDER and JESSE J. HOLLAND DETROIT (AP) - Hundreds of items that belonged to civil rights icon Rosa Parks and have been sitting unseen for years in a New York warehouse were sold to ...

  7. Johnnie Carr - Wikipedia

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    In addition to working with E.D. Nixon, Carr once again met her childhood friend Rosa Parks, who she had not seen since 1927. [ 4 ] [ 6 ] In 1944, Carr, along with her husband Arlam Carr, Rosa Parks , Raymond Parks, E.D. Nixon , E. G. Jackson, and Irene West , organized to defend Recy Taylor , a woman who was gang raped by six white men after ...

  8. Pink Honors Rosa Parks While Protesting With Husband ... - AOL

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    Taking a stand. Pink paid tribute to Rosa Parks while attending a Black Lives Matter protest with her husband, Carey Hart. Shutterstock The “Just Give Me a Reason” singer, 40, shared a picture ...

  9. Raymond Parks - Wikipedia

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    Raymond Parks may refer to: Raymond Parks (activist) (1903–1977), husband of civil rights campaigner Rosa Parks Raymond Parks (auto racing) (1914–2010), American stock car racing team owner