Rosa Parks was born in 1913 in Alabama, SO during the Jim Crow Era., , Rosa's parents were former slaves WHEREAS Rosa herself was born free., , UNLIKE her parents, Rosa wasn't born a slave., , Rosa was an African American woman WHO lived in the segregated South., , In Alabama, WHICH was a southern state, most public spaces were segregated., , EVEN IF she was born free, her life was hard BECAUSE she lived in the segregated South., , She was born free. HOWEVER, Jim Crow Laws made her life quite hard., , She attended a school for blacks only BECAUSE schools were segregated in Alabama., , She worked as a seamstress and she ALSO worked as a secretary for the NAACP, WHICH was an association defending the rights of colored people., , In 1932, she met Raymond Parks and they married SHORTLY AFTER., , She was an activist WHO wanted to challenge legal segregation., , FOR EXAMPLE, ONE DAY she was asked to give her seat to a white person BUT she refused SO she was arrested., , Segregation existed in the South BECAUSE OF the "separate but equal" doctrine., , NOT ONLY was she arrested BUT she was ALSO fined $14., , TO show support, colored people organized a bus boycott WHICH lasted for more than one year., , Legal segregation was challenged THANKS TO people like Rosa Parks., .

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