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The fight for recognition of Afro-Americans spearheaded the Civil Rights movement. Discrimination, separation and inequality existed prior to the passing of the legislation prohibiting discrimination in 1963. Afro-Americans were treated like, and thought of as, second class citizens. On this day, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat at the front of the bus and move to the back where Afro-Americans were supposed to be seated. By Rosa not giving up her seat, she would spark a series of events that would change our nation. Following Rosa's act of defiance, others stepped up and organized sit-ins, protest marches, and the famous bus boycott.
On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man. Jim Crow laws reserved the front seats for whites. Blacks were to sit at the back of the bus, or middle, if it was not occupied by whites. The bus driver refused to move the bus until Rosa Parks moved to the back of the bus. Police were called to the scene and......

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