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    • Feb 4, 1913
    Rosa Parks is born in Tuskegee, Alabama. A symbol of the civil rights movement, she's referenced in a pair of 2009 country hits: Brad Paisley's "Welcome To The Future" and Tim McGraw's "Southern Voice"
    Dec 1, 1955
    African-American Rosa Parks refuses to give her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama, bus to a white male. A landmark moment in the civil rights movement, the act is referenced in Brad Paisley's 2009 country hit "Welcome To The Future"
    Oct 24, 2005
    Rosa Parks dies in her Detroit, Michigan, apartment. Fifty years prior, her refusal to give her seat on a bus to a white man made her the mother of the civil rights movement. In 2009, she's referenced in Brad Paisley's "Welcome To The Future" and Tim McGraw's "Southern Voice"
    Jun 29, 2009
    Arista releases Brad Paisley's "Welcome To The Future" to radio. Inspired by president Barack Obama's election, the song directly references civil rights icons Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King
    Sep 9, 2009
    Curb releases Tim McGraw's "Southern Voice" to radio, namechecking sociopolitical and religious figures Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, Billy Graham and Pocahontas
    Aug 14, 2020
    Dolly Parton makes USA Today's list of Women of the Century, celebrating 100 years since females received the right to vote. Also recognized are Aretha Franklin, Michelle Obama, Rosa Parks, Katharine Hepburn, Helen Keller, Oprah Winfrey, Hillary Clinton and Ella Fitzgerald
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