Few names are as synonymous with standing up to injustice as Rosa Parks. Parks stood up for what she believed in no matter what the consequences meant: even jail. Her utterance of a little word—NO—made a big difference. Without her stand against oppression, the outcome of the Civil Rights movement wouldn't exist in the same capacity as it does today.
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