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As long as people use tactics to oppress or restrict other people from being free, there is work to be done.
Rosa Parks
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Rosa Parks
Age: 92 †
Born: 1913
Born: February 4
Died: 2005
Died: October 24
Activist
Autobiographer
Civil Rights Advocate
Human Rights Activist
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Tuskegee
Alabama
Rosa Lee Louise McCauley Parks
Rosa Louise McCauleyParks
Rosa Louise McCauley Parks
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