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Harriet Tubman is a much better choice than Rosa Parks.  I respect what Rosa Parks did and her courage, but not getting out of a bus seat hardly compares to saving hundreds of people from slavery.  I have always found Parks' historical significance to be a little overblown. As for Eleanor Roosevelt and Barton, they would have made fine choices too.  Both did a lot to improve the world.  [/quote]

I think you should learn more about Rosa Parks.  She did a lot more than just refuse to get out of her seat.  Her resistance was very intentional in order to force a court battle.  And she did it at a time when she was risking physical harm to herself.  Her symbolic image has painted her as just a tired old lady, but she was anything but.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosa_Parks[/quote]

Rosa Parks wasn't the only, or even the first, to do what she did.  The NAACP chose her to be the symbol of protest.

Read about about Claudette Colvin: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=101719889

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I know.  Her Wikipedia bio even talks about the other protestors.  But that doesn't diminish what Parks did.  She was chosen by the NAACP because she was a local leader of the NAACP.  It was her protest and willingness to go through the legal process that brought about the change in law.[/quote]

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