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Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat 62 years ago today - here are 14 facts about her

Dec 2, 2017, 03:49 IST

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Today is the 62nd anniversary of when Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama. 

Known as the "mother of the Civil Rights Movement" in the 1950s, Parks fought against segregation and the Jim Crow Laws of the time.

Take a look at her history-making legacy.

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