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What was the name of the colored woman who refused to get off a bus in the deep south USA ages ago?


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Rosa Parks was the lady's name.

I think the term African American is better suited in the climate of the 21st century

Her simple act of protest galvanized America's civil rights revolution.

Most historians date the beginning of the modern civil rights movement in the United States to December 1, 1955. That was the day when an unknown seamstress in Montgomery, Alabama refused to give up her bus seat to a white passenger.

http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/...

http://www.time.com/time/time100/heroes/...

http://www.gale.com/free_resources/bhm/b...

http://www.grandtimes.com/rosa.html...

Civil rights icon Rosa Parks dies at 92
Long known as the 'mother of the civil rights movement'

http://www.cnn.com/2005/us/10/24/parks.o...

Good luck.