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1st December 1955: Rosa Parks refuses to give up her bus seat in Montgomery, Alabama
Category: Society & Culture
Duration: 00:02:49
Publish Date: 2017-11-30 21:05:20
Description: On the 1st December 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama after the white section of the bus became full. Her refusal led to her being arrested for civil disobedience, after which her act became a symbol of the Civil Rights Movement. Three days later, plans for the Montgomery Bus Boycott were announced. Rosa Parks was already active in the Civil Rights movement, having been elected secretary of the Montgomery chapter of the NAACP at the end of 1943. Outside this role she worked as a housekeeper and seamstress to Clifford Durr, ...
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