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Rosa Parks was a maid that was on her way home. She rode the bus. At the time that she commuted to and from work it was law that the bus company and driver could require people to sit in certain parts of the bus. African Americans were required to sit in the back of the bus. This part of the bus had less ventilation and the seats were not maintained.

Rosa Parks was so tired that she took the first seat available in the front of the bus and refused to move when asked. Because she did this it started a boycott of the bus system and a turn around for laws that discriminated against a person because of ethnicity.

Surprisingly, there were laws still on the books that discriminated because of race in the 1990's.

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