U.S. Census Bureau Daily Feature for February 4: Rosa Parks

U.S. Census Bureau Daily Feature for February 4: Rosa Parks
   
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following is the daily "Profile America" feature from the U.S. Census Bureau:

ROSA PARKS

Profile America — Saturday, February 4th. Adding poignancy to Black History Month, today marks the birthday in 1913 of Rosa Parks, a community activist who became a symbol of the fight for civil equality. Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama, bus to a white man. This sparked a boycott of the bus system by black people, which greatly energized the ultimately successful civil rights movement. During her life, Rosa Parks championed the cause of increased opportunities for youth. When she was arrested in 1955, black children on average had attended about seven years of school. Now, about 85 percent of African-American adults have at least a high school diploma, and almost 3.4 million are enrolled in college as graduate or undergraduate students. You can find more facts about America's people, places and economy, from the American Community Survey, at www.census.gov.

Sources:
Rosa Parks/accessed 11/30/2016: http://www.biography.com/people/rosa-parks-9433715
Black education in 1950s: Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1970, p. 380
High school diplomas/American Community Survey: http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/15_1YR/S0201//popgroup~004
College enrollment: American Community Survey:
https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/15_1YR/B14007B

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