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Happy birthday Rosa Parks and Happy Black History Month! I’m standing right here at the Rosa Parks square in Macon, Georgia. We’ve done a few videos here in the past but this one here is a little more special. Today we celebrate the dedication of this park to the community. Right on her birthday! We already know who Ms. Parks is, the civil rights activist that refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white person. But here’s a few things you may not have known about her: - She lost her job due

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