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Radio 4,7 mins

We all know Rosa Parks, but what about the rest?

Woman's Hour

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It is 60 years since African American Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat in the black section of a bus to a white man. Why aren't more of the women who played a pivotal role in the Civil Rights Movement well known? Crystal Sanders, assistant professor in history and African American studies at Penn State University joins Jenni.

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