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                         The Saturday Times








                     n a December evening in                     Later on the bus, more white
               O1955, Mrs. Rosa Parks made a                people came, but there weren't

               change in the lives of black people          enough seats for them.  So, the bus

               in the USA.  That day, she was tired         driver went to Rosa and three other
               from work.  She took the bus home            African Americans and said to them,

               and sat in the seats for "people of          "Let me have your seats."  The three
               color."  At that time, the seats near        African Americans stood up and

               the front were all for white people,         walked to the back, but Rosa didn't.

               and the back seats were for people           The driver called the police, and in
               of color.                                    a short time, the police came and

                                                            arrested Rosa.


                                                                 In those days, people of color
                                                            might lose their lives because

                                                            they didn't follow the rules of the

                                                            "white" world.  But Mrs. Rosa Parks
                                                            stood up and fought for her rights.

                                                            After that, many African Americans

                                                            followed Rosa and stood together
                                                            for their rights, too.  Rosa Parks

                                                            really made a change in the lives of

                                                            African Americans.




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