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Rosa Parks became the face of a movement in Montgomery after refusing to give up her seat to a white man in 1955, 70 years ago today.

That singular act of protest spared a city-wide bus boycott and catapulted Parks, who was 42 at the time, to the forefront of the national conversation.

Even though the bus protest made her a familiar name, Parks had been involved in the Civil Rights Movement for years prior, and would continue working until her death.

‘People always say that I didn’t give up my seat because I was tired, but that isn’t true. I was not tired physically, or no more tired than I usually was at the end of a working day. No, the only tired I was, was tired o

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