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Parks, Rosa (1913–2005)

By: Dennis Carlson
In: Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity, and Society
Edited by: Richard T. Schaefer
Subject:Race & Ethnicity
Keywords:arrest; boycotts; buses; Montgomery Bus Boycott; NAACP; Rosa Parks; segregation laws

Rosa Parks died October 24, 2005, at 92 years of age, just a little more than a month before the fiftieth anniversary of the event that came to define her life and make her the stuff of myth—her quiet refusal to give ...

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  Carlson, D. (2008). Parks, rosa (1913–2005). In R. T. Schaefer (Ed.), Encyclopedia of race, ethnicity, and society (Vol. 1, pp. 1029-1030). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412963879.n420
  
  Carlson, Dennis. "Parks, Rosa (1913–2005)." In Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity, and Society, edited by Schaefer, Richard T., 1029-30. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412963879.n420.
  
  Carlson, D. 2008. Parks, Rosa (1913–2005). In: Richard T. Schaefer Editor, 2008. Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity, and Society, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. 1029-1030 Available at: <http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412963879.n420> [Accessed 25 Jun 2021].
  
  Carlson, Dennis. "Parks, Rosa (1913–2005)." Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity, and Society. Edited by Richard T. Schaefer. Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2008, pp. 1029-30. SAGE Knowledge. 25 Jun 2021, doi: http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412963879.n420.
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