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When Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man one December day in 1955, she made history. Mrs. Parks' brave act sparked the Montgomery, Alabama, bus boycott, propelling Martin Luther King, Jr., to national attention. I Am Rosa Parks describes these events in simple, yet... read more
First Sentence
Many years ago black people in the South could not go to the same schools as white people.
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Authors & Contributors
- James Haskins (Author)
- Rosa Parks
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