Rosa Parks, aka "the first lady of civil rights" and "the mother of the freedom movement", passed away seven years ago today. On my short list of personal heroes, she ranks at the very top.
In 1955, she was arrested and booked in Montgomery, Alabama for refusing to give up her seat to a white person and move to the back of the (city) bus. It was the spark that ignited the civil rights movement.
RIP, Miss Rosa Parks. You are a true American hero.
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