When Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man forty years ago on December 1, 1955, she was tired from a long day of work. At least this is how the event has been retold countless numbers of times and recorded in our history books. But, there's a misconception here that does not do justice to the woman whose act of courage began turning the wheels of the civil rights movement. Rosa Parks is a strong woman who was tired from along day of work. Under any circumstances, she would have probably given up her seat willingly. But this time she was the one tired of the treatment her as well as other African Americans received every day of their lives, what with the racism and segregation laws of that time. She was going to make a difference.
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Rosa Parks set her mind to make a difference in the way blacks had been treated and so she did.
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