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=__The Mother Of Civil Rights__=

"I would like to be known as a person who is concerned about freedom and equality and justice and prosperity for all people" -Rosa Parks- ===We may know her as the mother of civil rights. Rosa Parks was born February 4, 1913. people these days seem to belive she was born jsut to make people happy and make a change in the world. December 1st, 1955 is the day that some people like to think the world was changed. It happend One day when Rosa Parks was taking the bus home from work. Usually the blacks would have to sit in the back of the bus. When she got on the bus there was only one seat left and it was in the front. She was about to make a big decision by sitting in the front. When she sat down nobody had said anything. At the next stop a white man had got on and wiusperd something to the driver. Next, the bus driver had asked her to get up and give her seat to the white man. She refused.She she was arrested for disobeying the law that states when a bus is full, the African American people are suposed to give up their seat to a white folks that dont have one. She was arrested on the spot. When Rosa Parks died on October 25, 2005 people all over the United States were devistated. To this day, rosa keeps on inspiring people. We will never forget the woman who stood up for herself and made a big change.===

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