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To take a stand for something one believes in is an admirable and heroic feat. It takes courage and strength to go against the masses with an unpopular viewpoint. Though standing up for what we believe in isn't always the easiest thing to do, we as a society mus ....

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.... which helped African Americans pass the tests which had been set up to keep them from voting. She was also well known for her work with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Parks was a hard-working woman and very well respected for her dedication to the African American community. However, she would kick off a national civil rights movement on December 1, 1955 on her way home from work. As she traveled home from work that day, a white man approached her isle and demanded that any African Americans sitting there had to move. However, Parks refused to move because of how exhausted she was. She was arr ....