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Rosa Parks remembered as spark of civil rights movement
Detroit woman Rosa Parks recalls the December 1 1955 Montgomery bus incident that sparked the nonviolent civil rights movement. She details refusing to give up her seat, the ensuing boycott, and her continued activism while noting gradual progress in housing desegregation and rights.
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