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On December 1, 1955, an african american named Rosa Parks refused too give up her seat on a bus to a white man. As a result, she was arrest and fined. The event sparked a year-long boycott of Montgomery Alabama, busses by her many supporter. One of Rosa's bigest supporters was a young minister named Martin Luther King Jr.. Many consider Rosa Parks bus ride to be the birth of the civil rights movement?

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On December 1, 1955, an African American named Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man. As a result, she was arrested and fined. The event sparked a year-long boycott of Montgomery, Alabama, busses by her many supporters. One of Rosa's biggest supporters was a young minister named Martin Luther King Jr. Many consider Rosa Parks' bus ride to be the birth of the civil rights movement.

Possible 11th error: alternate spelling of busses is buses


Article by Gary Hopkins
Education World® Editor in Chief
Copyright © 2004 Education World

08/20/2004
 

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