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Civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks (1913 - 2005) receives a round of applause from fellow civil rights leaders and supporters as she walks across the stage at a gathering in front of Montgomery's State Capital, at the end of the Selma to Montgomery march, late March 1965. Ralph Bunche is visible immediately to Rosa Park's left. (Photo by Robert Abbott Sengstacke/Getty Images)

Civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks (1913 - 2005) receives a round of applause from fellow civil rights leaders and supporters as she walks across the stage at a gathering in front of Montgomery's State Capital, at the end of the Selma to Montgomery march, late March 1965. Ralph Bunche is visible immediately to Rosa Park's left. (Photo by Robert Abbott Sengstacke/Getty Images)