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'''Rosa Parks''' was a [[seamstress]] from [[Montgomery]], [[Alabama]] in the [[United States of America|United States]]. In [[1 December]] [[1955]], she staged a [[protest]] on a [[racial segregation|segregated]] [[bus]], by refusing to relinquish her seat to a [[white people|white passenger]]. | '''Rosa Parks''' was a [[seamstress]] from [[Montgomery]], [[Alabama]] in the [[United States of America|United States]]. In [[1 December]] [[1955]], she staged a [[protest]] on a [[racial segregation|segregated]] [[bus]], by refusing to relinquish her seat to a [[white people|white passenger]]. | ||
This protest resulted in her [[arrest]] but led to the [[Montgomery Bus Boycott]], beginning on [[5 December]], and, ultimately, to | This protest resulted in her [[arrest]] but led to the [[Montgomery Bus Boycott]], beginning on [[5 December]], and, ultimately, to a wider [[Civil Rights Movement]], led by [[Martin Luther King]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Rosa (TV story)|Rosa]]'') | ||
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Revision as of 00:33, 22 October 2018
Rosa Parks was a seamstress from Montgomery, Alabama in the United States. In 1 December 1955, she staged a protest on a segregated bus, by refusing to relinquish her seat to a white passenger.
This protest resulted in her arrest but led to the Montgomery Bus Boycott, beginning on 5 December, and, ultimately, to a wider Civil Rights Movement, led by Martin Luther King. (TV: Rosa)
