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Rosa Parks Centenary 

February 1, 2013 
by Magnum Photographers 
February 4th marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of American Civil Rights icon Rosa Parks. Mrs. Parks came to the forefront of the Civil Rights movement in 1955, when she defied Jim Crow segregation laws and refused a Montgomery, Alabama bus driver's demand to give up her seat to a white passenger.