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The mother of the Civil Rights Movement
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The mother of the Civil Rights Movement
Rosa and most African-Americans were tired of this discrimination. After her arrest,African-Americans stopped travelling by bus as a protest.
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Ele Murroni
Enry Melis
Ale Ricco
One day a black woman called Rosa Parks who lived in Montgomery, Alabama,took the bus us from work. The bus driver asked her to give up her seas for a white passenger. Rosa parks refused and she was arrested.
Their protest was in newspapers around the world. In the end, the Supreme Court decided that racial segregation on public transport was illegal.
The movement wanted to abolish segregation laws and stop racial discrimination. One of the leaders of the movement was Martin Luther King. Kink was assassinated in 1968
She was arrested because she was breaking a local segregation law.Segregation laws separated black people from white people,they were separated in schools,hospitals,buses and in restaurant.In Alabama,white people could sit at the front of buses,but blacks couldn't
African-Americans couldn't vote.
In January 2009, Barack Obama became the first African-American President of the United States.
Rosa Parks died on 24th October 2005. She was 92
years old. She inspired a lot of people, and many people call her "The Mother of the Civil Rights Movement"