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My soul is rested by howell raines6/6/2023 ![]() ![]() This included the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE). These activists worked within a range of different organizations. During this period she became close friends with Philip Randolph, Edgar Nixon and Ella Baker. Both were members of the National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People (NAACP) and Rosa served as the secretary of the Montgomery chapter. ![]() In 1932 Rosa married a barber, Raymond Parks. Black women would be served last if they tried to buy new shoes when they tried a hat on in a store the saleswoman would put a bag inside it." (1) "Years later she remembered how racism permeated the details of everyday life. McCauley was a school teacher and encouraged her daughter to be active in the struggle for civil rights. When Rosa was a child her mother, Leona McCauley, separated from her husband and moved to Montgomery. Rosa McCauley was born in Tuskegee, Alabama, on 4th February, 1913. ![]()
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