This 3-part article explores Rosa Park's famous act of civil disobedience -- refusing to give up her seat on the bus to a white passenger. Her subsequent arrest sparked a 381-day boycott of the Montgomery bus system and the 1956 Supreme Court decision banning segregation on public transportation.

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civil rights leaders, rosa parks

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civil rights activist, civil rights and rosa parks, civil rights movement, racial discrimination, america's library, loc, library of congress, mother of the civil rights movement

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Knovation Readability Score: 2 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
The intended use for this resource is Practice

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