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Barack Obama: Her courageous act of civil disobedience sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott—381 days of peaceful protest.

On the recordJanuary 31, 2013
Her courageous act of civil disobedience sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott—381 days of peaceful protest.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Proclamation 8932—100th Anniversary of the Birth of Rosa Parks

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