While oftentimes portrayed as a woman with limited civil rights activism, at the time of her arrest, Rosa was active in her local @NAACP.
On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give up her Montgomery bus seat to a white passenger and was promptly arrested.pic.twitter.com/iaUMRyfL8q
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Rosa remained involved throughout her life. She served on the Board of Advocates of
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sometimes the law is wrong and it's meant to be broken
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What about Claudette Colvin?
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@SallyAlbright Small fact about her life at the end. https://twitter.com/justinjm1/status/830471753759674379 …This Tweet is unavailable.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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akin to the attack on our parents being sent back "home"? I won't stand for this.
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And Republicans praise her courage.
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@KamalaHarris : "The Black and White of Race in America" -http://bit.ly/2kW0pSR#BlackHistoryMonth
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We didn't mention her because there where other people on the bus.
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haha.
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