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Who was Rosa Parks?Who was Rosa Parks?

Who was Rosa Parks?

Yona Zeldis McDonough, Stephen Marchesi

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In 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give her bus seat to a white passenger in Montgomery, Alabama. This seemingly small act triggered civil rights protests across America and earned Rosa Parks the title "Mother of the Civil Rights Movement."

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OL Work ID
OL15068519W

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Race relationsAfrican AmericansCivil rightsHistoryAfrican American womenSegregation in transportationCivil rights workersJuvenile literatureBiographyWomenParks, rosa, 1913-2005Parks, rosa, 1913-2005, juvenile literatureAfrican americans, biographyAfrican americans, biography, juvenile literatureAfrican americans, alabama, montgomeryCivil rights workers, juvenile literatureMontgomery (ala.), race relationsAlabama, juvenile literature

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