American Patriot Quiz
Rosa Parks Transforms the Nation
Great American civil rights leader Rosa Parks has been called the "mother of the freedom movement" for her refusal to cede her seat on a public bus to a white passenger. She was arrested and became the face of the civil rights movement. This week, we commemorate the 59th anniversary of her heroic gesture.
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1. In which city did Parks infamously refuse to give up her seat on the bus to a white person?
2. Where was she traveling to on the bus that day?
3. For her act of civil disobedience, Parks was fired from which job?
4. For more than twenty years, Parks served as a secretary for which U.S. Congressman?
5. Which president signed the historic Civil Rights Act of 1964, which effectively ended the Jim Crow segregation laws?
6. Which president awarded Parks the Presidential Medal of Freedom?
7. In 1999, Parks sued which rap group, arguing they had used her name as a song title without her permission?
8. Upon her death in 2005, Parks was the second non-U.S. government official to lie in honor to at the Capitol Rotunda. Who was the first?
9. Which state legislature made February 4th, her birthday, the official Rosa Parks Day?



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