Rosa parks refused to give up her seat to a white men on a city bus in Montgomery, Alabama. This women helped initiated the African Americans civil rights movement. The day she was convicted of violating the segregation laws, the local black community started a bus boycott. this boycott lasted for about a year. The final verdict was that bus segregation laws were proven unconstitutional. Now, Rosa Parks is a National symbol for dignity and strength to the black communities all around the nation. http://www.history.com/topics/rosa-parks
Rosa parks refused to give up her seat to a white men on a city bus in Montgomery, Alabama. This women helped initiated the African Americans civil rights movement. The day she was convicted of violating the segregation laws, the local black community started a bus boycott. this boycott lasted for about a year. The final verdict was that bus segregation laws were proven unconstitutional. Now, Rosa Parks is a National symbol for dignity and strength to the black communities all around the nation.
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