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Reading 6小? A Brave Woman

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Rosa Parks (1913– 2005) helped initiate the civil rights movement in the United States when she refused to give up her seat to a white man on a Montgomery, Alabama bus in 1955. Her actions inspired the leaders of the local Black community to organize the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Led by a young Martin Luther King.Jr., the boycott lasted more than a year—during which Parks lost her job —and ended only when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that bus segregation was unconstitutional. Over the next half-century, Parks became a nationally recognized symbol of dignity and strength in the struggle to end racial segregation.

Did you know?

When Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat in 1955, it wasn't the first time she'd clashed with driverJames Blake. Parks stepped onto his very crowded bus on a chilly day 12 years earlier, paid her fare at the front, then resisted the rule in place for Black people to disembark and re-enter through the back door. She stood her ground until Blake pulled her coat sleeve, enraged,to demand her cooperation. Parks left the bus rather than give in.

Famous Rosa Parks Quotes

• "I had given up my seat before, but this day, I was especially tired.."

• "I believe there is only one race – the human race."

•"One person can change the world."

•"I'm tired of being treated like a second-class citizen."

Adapted from: History.com Editors. (2009, November 9). Rosa Parks. History.com.Retrieved June 24, 2022, from: https://bit.ly/2DxHLcZ


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