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In Montgomery, Alabama, USA, Rosa Parks refuses to obey bus driver James F. Blake's order that she give up her seat to make room for a white passenger. Her act of civil disobedience will spark the Montgomery Bus Boycott, and Parks will also help launch Martin Luther King to prominence in the civil rights movement. She will inspire the songs Sister Rosa (1989) by The Neville Brothers and Rosa Parks (1998) by Outkast.
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