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Rosa Parks is one of my heroes. Through her courage one of the seminal events of the Civil Rights movement occurred. When Mrs. Parks refused to yield her seat to a white male passenger, she was arrested.
Soon thereafter, Reverend Martin Luther King and others organized the Montgomery bus boycott. Black people throughout the area, at great personal cost, refused to ride the buses on the transit system unless the rules enforcing segegation were rescinded.
Many people walked extraordinary distances, even those with physically draining employment. Ten months after the boycott began, it ended in victory. The Supreme Court ruled that segregated public transportation was illegal.
Rosa Parks, a long-time NAACP member, was trained in non-violent protest. When opportunity presented itself, she stayed seated and demonstrated personal bravery, solidarity, and exceptional values.
