Rosa Parks's refusal to relinquish her bus seat
This day in 1955, in violation of segregation laws in Montgomery, Alabama, Rosa Parks refused to surrender her bus seat to a white passenger and was arrested, sparking a 381-day bus boycott led by Martin Luther King, Jr.
December 1, 1955
Taken from: https://www.britannica.com/on-this-day/December-1
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