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The Rosa L. Parks Scholarship Foundation was founded in 1980 by
Detroit Public Schools Detroit Public Schools Community District (DPSCD) is a school district that covers all of the city of Detroit, Michigan, United States and high school students in the insular city of Highland Park. The district, which replaced the original Detr ...
and
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. The foundation awards scholarships to
Michigan Michigan () is a U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest, upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the List of U.S. states and ...
high school seniors who demonstrate community involvement, academic skill and economic need, and who aspire to the ideals of
Rosa Parks Rosa Louise McCauley Parks (February 4, 1913 – October 24, 2005) was an American activist in the civil rights movement best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott. The United States Congress has honored her as "th ...
. Approximately forty $2,000 non-renewable scholarships are awarded each year. In total, more than 900 awardees have received over $1.8 million in scholarship money.


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*http://www.rosaparksscholarshipfoundation.org Education in Michigan