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- 65 years ago today, a woman about my age

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refused to give up per seat on a city bus

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in protest to segregated
transportation here in Montgomery.

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That woman, Ms. Rosa L. Parks,

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she was not tired,

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she was tired of giving in.

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Her moral courage in that
moment sparked a movement

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that changed our nation for the better.

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- Today, we salute Ms. Rosa Parks,

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once a civilian member of the
United States Army Air Corps

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and forever a civil rights icon.

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That cold December 1st,
diminutive, bespectacled,

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42-year-old Rosa Parks took
a stand by keeping her seat.

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Her simple no sparked a movement

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toward equanimity in America.