Most historians date the beginning of the modern civil rights movement in the United States on December 1, 1955. That was the day when an unknown seamstress in Montgomery, Alabama refused to give up her bus seat to a white passenger. This brave woman, Rosa Parks, was arrested and fined for violating a city law, but her lonely act of defiance soon began the movement that would end legal segregation in America. This had made her an inspiration to all freedom-loving people everywhere.
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Refusing to give up her seat on the bus did not begin in a victory for Rosa Parks. But it was the start of a change for the blacks during that time. One person truly can make a difference.
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