... front of the bus were seats that were only allowed to white passengers. One day Rosa Parks was on her way home from work. She was very tired and she sat behind the reserved section for whites. She was told to get up and move. When she refused to do so she was later arrested. This arrest unsettled many blacks because ... ...

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... have been made that the quantity of pamphlets distributed during the 1960s rivaled the figure of pamphlets circulated during the period of the Revolutionary War. Although the majority of protests sat well within legal bounds, there were numerous illicit forms of protest taking place. One of the more popular ways to protest in an unlawful manner was to avoid the draft ... ...

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