Monday, February 25, 2013

Rosa Parks, Original Gangsta

Rosa Parks Was Arrested for Civil Disobedience
December 1, 1955 

Rosa Parks stood up for what she believed, or rather, sat down for what she believed. On the evening of December 1, 1955, Parks, an African American, was tired after a long day of work and decided to take a seat on the bus on her ride home. Because she sat down and refused to give up her seat to a white passenger, she was arrested for disobeying an Alabama law requiring black people to relinquish seats to white people when the bus was full. 

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