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| At the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn on the city bus sitting in the exact seat that Rosa Parks was sitting in on December 1, 1955 when she refused to move to the back of the bus because of her color. Her action and the subsequent bus boycott led to major victories in the Civil Rights movement. |
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Flag |
State Seal |
| Website : www.michigan.gov |
 Capital
: Lansing
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 Highest
point : Mount
Arvon, 1979 feet |
 Area : 96,810 square miles
11th largest state |
 Population : 9,938,444
(2000 US Census) |
 Motto
: Si quaeris peninsulam amoenam circumspice (If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look around you) - Tuebor (I will be defended) |
 Admitted to
Union : January 26, 1837 |
 State
Song : "My Michigan" |
 State Bird : Robin |
 State Flower : Apple Blossom |
 State Tree : White Pine |
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