Parks, Rosa

Cultural  

1. A black seamstress from Montgomery, Alabama, who, in 1955, refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery city bus to a white person, as she was legally required to do. Her mistreatment after refusing to give up her seat led to a boycott of the Montgomery buses by supporters of equal rights for black people. This incident was the first major confrontation in the civil rights movement.

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Example Sentences

Responding to critics like Donald Trump, who accused her of "taunting" Muslims, she asked, "What would he have said about Rosa Parks? Rosa Parks should never have gone to the front of the bus. She's taunting people."

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