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My Story

My Story. Rosa Parks. The Decision of a Life Time. On December 1, 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama, Parks, age 42, refused to obey bus driver James Blake's order that she give up her seat to make room for a white passenger. Continued.

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My Story

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  1. My Story Rosa Parks

  2. The Decision of a Life Time • On December 1, 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama, Parks, age 42, refused to obey bus driver James Blake's order that she give up her seat to make room for a white passenger.

  3. Continued • Her action was not the first of its kind: Irene Morgan in 1946, and Sarah Louise Keys in 1955, had won rulings before the U.S. Supreme Court and the Interstate Commerce Commission respectively in the area of interstate bus travel.

  4. Continued • Parks' act of defiance became an important symbol of the modern Civil Rights Movement and Parks became an international icon of resistance to racial segregation. • NOTE: Parks was arrested and placed in jail

  5. At the time of her action, Parks was secretary of the Montgomery chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and had recently attended the Highlander Folk School, a Tennessee center for workers' rights and racial equality. NAACP

  6. Closure • Some people think that the whole thing was a set up or a staged event. Whether the event was staged or not, it did a great deal for the advancement of colored people

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