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An African American woman, Rosa Parks, was jailed in 1955 for not giving up her seat on a bus for white people who boarded after her. Why was Rosa Parks jailed?
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An African American woman, Rosa Parks, was jailed in 1955 for not giving up her seat on a bus for white people who boarded after her. Why was Rosa Parks jailed?

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Because back in those times whites sat in the front and blacks sat in the back. And Rosa Parks was in the front and the bus driver told her to get up and go to the back but, Ms.Parks was tired from work and refused.
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