ROSA PARKS DIES AT 92
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Rosa Parks dies at 92 October 25, 2005 Photo: Parks with former U.S. President Bill Clinton Rosa Parks, the African American woman who served as a catalyst to the American Civil Rights Movement, died of natural causes on Monday night at her home in Detroit, Michigan. She was 92. Parks was best known for her refusal to yield her seat to a white man who demanded it on a city bus. Her defiance led to the Montgomery Bus Boycott in Alabama in 1955. She later worked on the Staff of U.S. Representative John Conyers (D-MI) who called her "a real apostle of the nonviolence movement" in an interview with CNN. Parks founded the Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self Development and was politically active until well into her 80s. She received the two highest civilian awards in the U.S.; the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1996 and the Congressional Gold Medal in 1999. Parks' health had been in decline in the last decade. She had become more and more reclusive to the public. Parks was confined to a wheelchair and suffered from dementia. |
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Rosa Parks dies at 92 |
Rosa Parks muore all'età di 92 anni |
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October 25, 2005 |
25 ottobre 2005 |
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Photo: Parks with former U.S. President Bill Clinton |
Foto: Parks con l'ex presidente americano Bill Clinton |
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Rosa Parks, the African American woman who served as a catalyst to the American Civil Rights Movement, died of natural causes on Monday night at her home in Detroit, Michigan. |
Rosa Parks, la donna afro-americana che fece da catalizzatore per il Movimento Americano dei Diritti Civili, è morta per cause naturali nella notte di lunedì nella sua casa di Detroit, Michigan. |
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She was 92. |
Aveva 92 anni. |
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Parks was best known for her refusal to yield her seat to a white man who demanded it on a city bus. |
La Parks è conosciuta soprattutto per il rifiuto di cedere il suo posto ad un uomo bianco che glielo chiese su un autobus urbano. |
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Her defiance led to the Montgomery Bus Boycott in Alabama in 1955. |
La sua sfida condusse al boicottaggio degli autobus nella città di Montgomery in Alabama nel 1955. |
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She later worked on the Staff of U.S. Representative John Conyers (D-MI) who called her "a real apostle of the nonviolence movement" in an interview with CNN. |
In seguito lavorò nello Staff del parlamentare americano John Conyers (D-MI= District of Michigan, distretto congressuale del Michigan) che la definì "una vera apostola del movimento della non-violenza" in un'intervista alla CNN. |
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Parks founded the Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self Development and was politically active until well into her 80s. |
La Parks fondò l'Istituto Rosa e Raymond Parks per l'auto-sviluppo e fu politicamente attiva fino a ben oltre gli ottant'anni. |
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She received the two highest civilian awards in the U.S.; |
Ha ricevuto le due più prestigiose onorificenze civili degli Stati Uniti: |
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the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1996 and the Congressional Gold Medal in 1999. |
la Medaglia Presidenziale della Libertà nel 1996 e la Medaglia d'Oro del Congresso nel 1999. |
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Parks' health had been in decline in the last decade. |
La salute della Parks aveva subito un declino negli ultimi dieci anni. |
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She had become more and more reclusive to the public. |
Era diventata sempre più aliena al contatto con il pubblico. |
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Parks was confined to a wheelchair and suffered from dementia. |
La Parks era costretta su una sedia a rotelle e soffriva di demenza. |
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