Time 100: Heroes and Icons: Rosa Parks - http://www.time.com/time/time100/heroes/profile/parks01.html Article by Rita Dove honoring Ms. Parks as one of the twenty most influential heroes and icons of the 20th century.
Cincinnati Enquirer: Rosa Parks Argues vs. Rap - http://enquirer.com/editions/2001/05/05/loc_rosa_parks_argues_vs.html Article by Dan Horn about the arguments made before the U.S. Court of Appeals.
Scholastic: Rosa Parks: How I Fought for Civil Rights - http://teacher.scholastic.com/rosa/ An online activity for grades 7 and 8 about Parks' arrest, the boycott, nonviolence, and the court ruling, with an interview.
CBS News: What Rosa Parks Gave America - http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/10/25/opinion/main974827.shtml Obituary and tribute by John Nichols. Includes video footage.
BBC News: US civil rights icon Parks dies - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4373794.stm BBC tribute to Rosa Parks including archive footage, photos, and link to an obituary.
Rosa Parks and the Bus Boycott - http://www.holidays.net/mlk/rosa.htm Tells the story of Parks' arrest on the 1st of December, 1955, for not standing and letting a white bus rider take her seat.
Academy of Achievement: Rosa Parks - http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/par0bio-1 Biography and 1995 interview with audio and video.
Colored Reflections: The Fifties, Rosa Parks - http://www.coloredreflections.com/decades/Decade.cfm?Dec=1&Typ=2&Sty=1&SID=25 An interactive history site with a brief profile and student tributes.
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