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What sparked the modern civil rights movement ?

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Rosa Parks being arrested in December 1, 1955 for refusing to move to the back of the bus sparked the modern civil rights movement.
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the modern civil rights movement began when Rosa Parks, an African-American woman, was arrested for refusing to move to the back of the bus in Montgomery, Alabama.
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