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Freedom school helps inner city kids read

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VIDEO - In an inner city classroom, children who don't normally get to participate in a yoga class, but they can now, thanks to the "Freedom School...
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8) Rosa ParksPerhaps the most famous woman of the modern Civil Rights era, Rosa Parks possessed a quiet courage that literally re-energized the struggle. Refusing to give up her bus seat on December 1, 1955 to accommodate a white passenger, Parks was arrested and booked. A model citizen, as well as a card-carrying member of the NAACP who even served as secretary to the Montgomery chapter, Parks helped inspire her fellow citizens to boycott the city’s buses, making the Montgomery Bus Boycott, which introduced the world to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and ended segregation on public transportation, a pivotal chapter in the modern-era struggle for freedom and equality.After relocating to Detroit, Parks worked for Congressman John Conyers for many years as well as supported Planned Parenthood. Before her death in 2005, she co-founded the Rosa L. Parks Scholarship Foundation and the Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self Development aimed at helping young people.(AP Photo)

Lawyer claims fees drained Rosa Parks' estate

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DETROIT (AP) - A lawyer involved in a long-running dispute over the estate of civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks claims two other lawyers piled up fees...
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Story of national Civil Rights reconciliation now in doubt

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Chris McNair, symbol of the civil rights struggle in Birmingham, Ala., reported to federal prison, bereft of the respect that has been his companion for most of his 85 years...
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