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Arthur Fredericks, center, leads singing marchers onto Boston Common for a civil rights rally, in this May 9, 1968 photo. Though historians now acknowledge that women, particularly African-Americans, were pivotal in the critical battles for racial equality, Rosa Parks' death highlights the fact that she was one of the very few female civil rights figures who are widely known. Most women in the movement played background roles, either by choice or due to bias, since being a women of color meant facing both racism and sexism. (KEYSTONE/AP Photo)