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Rosa Parks

The Montgomery seamstress whose 1955 bus stand helped ignite the civil-rights movement.

FieldCivil rights
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The Montgomery seamstress whose 1955 bus stand helped ignite the civil-rights movement.

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Who was Rosa Parks?

The Montgomery seamstress whose 1955 bus stand helped ignite the civil-rights movement.

Where was Rosa Parks from?

Rosa Parks was from Alabama.

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