1. Rosa Parks was born on February 4, 1913.
2. She worked as a seamstress.
3. She was famous for refusing to give up her seat on a city bus to a white passenger in December 1955, which sparked a citywide boycott of the bus system and made her known as the "mother of the civil rights movement."
4. She earned the Martin Luther King Jr. Nonviolent Peace Prize, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and the Congressional Gold Medal.
5. She died in 2005 at the age of 92.
- A dress maker: seamstress
- Was discriminatory: segregated
- Compliments: honors
- A settee: seat
- Provoked: sparked
Past Simple Verbs (GREEN): was, worked, refused, had, sparked, has been called, earned, died
Timelines (BLUE): February 4, 1913; In the early 1950s; In December of 1955; Since then; in 2005
- Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat → Rosa Parks did not refuse to give up her seat.
- The bus driver had her arrested → The bus driver did not have her arrested.
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