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Black History Pride · A lifetime of organizing

Rosa Parks

Illustrated portrait of Rosa Parks

Rosa Parks was a civil rights organizer whose refusal to surrender her bus seat in Montgomery in 1955 helped spark a mass boycott. Her work for racial justice extended far beyond that one day.

Talk about it together

How does a community work together to change an unfair rule?

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Family reading and interactive learning editions are in development.

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This is an introduction. The illustration is AI-created artwork, not a historical photograph.

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