Was Rosa Parks’s bus protest the most important factor in advancing the civil rights movement?

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Rosa Parks’s bus protest was the most important factor in advancing the civil rights movement.

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  • Pro claim 1

    Parks’s defiance inspired all the following protests of the civil rights movement.

  • Pro claim 2

    Parks’s protest was the first to result in a legal victory for the movement.

  • Con claim 1

    Such a broad social movement can’t be reduced to the influence of one person.