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Why Was Rosa Parks Important To Civil Rights

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Rosa Parks was important to the history of civil rights because, the book explains, Rosa helped bring more attention to the growing civil rights movement. According to the book, she joined her husband as a member of the NAACP in 1943. This shows that she was persistent with making a change because it was dangerous, especially with so much racism. From the “Rosa Parks” book, evidence to support my claim is that in 1955 Rosa refused to give up her seat on a bus. This evidence is important because that first step led to big changes. In conclusion, eventually the bus segregation laws were removed. Two issues that were important to Rosa Parks and why they were important are in the book. The book discusses how Rosa Parks had to fight for equal rights
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