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Tuesday, October 25, 2005
Talk About It, Talk About It ... A Symbol of Courage & Progress Many Americans, of course, are still victimized by prejudice. The country can do better, much better. But the death of Rosa Parks, who died yesterday at 92, is also a reminder of how much worse things were. Only 50 years ago, her refusal to relinquish a seat on a bus to a white person became a historic act of defiance, helping trigger the civil rights movement in the South. Read story.
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