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Contrary to myth, Rosa Parks' refusal to give up her bus seat 60 years ago today wasn't spontaneous

By Daily Kos Dec 1, 2015, 4:28 pm13 pts
For years—despite what she wrote in her autobiography—the refusal of Rosa Parks to follow the orders of a driver on a Montgomery, Alabama, bus and change seats to accommodate a white passenger was mischaracterized as a spontaneous protest undertaken because she was tired. When she died 10…

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