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What happened to Rosa Parks after the civil rights act was passed |
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Answer» Answer: Parks' ACT of defiance and the Montgomery bus boycott became important symbols of the movement. She became an international icon of resistance to racial SEGREGATION. She organized and collaborated with CIVIL rights leaders, including Edgar Nixon, president of the local chapter of the NAACP; and Martin Luther King Jr., a new minister in Montgomery who gained national PROMINENCE in the civil rights movement and went on to win a Nobel Peace Prize. |
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