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Should Rosa Parks have stepped back?

May 9, 2008

I would like to ask Gregory Kane, who speaks out against civil disobedience ("The law: Why not just start to obey it?" May 3), this question: Should Rosa Parks have moved to the back of the bus when commanded to do so?

Elke Straub

Baltimore

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