print email comment close Civil Rights Icon Rosa Parks Dies URL: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4973548 Description: Radio program about Rosa Parks (1913-2005), known as the "'mother of the civil rights movement' ... [for turning] the course of American history by refusing in 1955 to give up her seat on a bus for a white man." Includes audio of past interviews with Parks, images, and links to related stories. From National Public Radio (NPR). Publisher: National Public Radio (NPR) Extra Keywords African American black civil disobedience segregation Library of Congress Subject Headings: African American civil rights workers African American women Parks, Rosa, 1913- People LII Database Information: Record 19461 created by Jennifer English on 10/25/2005 Last modification on 10/25/2005 Published: 10/26/2005   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/19461