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DETROIT (AP) - Nearly 50 years ago, Rosa Parks made a simple decision that sparked a revolution. When a white man demanded she give up her seat on a Montgomery, Ala., bus, the then 42-year-old seamstress said no.
At the time, she couldn't have known it would secure her a revered place in American history. But her one small act of defiance galvanized a generation of activists, including a young Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., and earned her the title "mother of the civil rights movement."
Parks died Monday evening at her home of natural causes, with close friends by her side, said Gregory Reed, a lawyer who represented her for the last 15 years. She was 92
At the time, she couldn't have known it would secure her a revered place in American history. But her one small act of defiance galvanized a generation of activists, including a young Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., and earned her the title "mother of the civil rights movement."
Parks died Monday evening at her home of natural causes, with close friends by her side, said Gregory Reed, a lawyer who represented her for the last 15 years. She was 92
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What a noble lady
Ever heard of Martin Luther King? His speeches were because of her simple act of defiance.
