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On this day, Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat to a white man, See why
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ON THIS DAY: 65 years ago, Rosa Parks, a Black seamstress, was arrested after refusing to give up her seat to a white man on a Montgomery, Alabama, city bus.
Rosa Parks was arrested on December 1, 1955.
Why did rosa parks refuse to give up her seat?
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Parks was on her way home from work when she took a seat in the front of the black section of a city bus in Montgomery. The bus filled up, and the bus driver demanded she move so a white male passenger could have her seat.
But Parks refused to give up her seat, and police arrested her. She was convicted of disorderly conduct.
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She however refused to surrender her seat because of her race, which was required by the law in Montgomery at the time — She was also standing for equality and justice.
The events triggered a 381-day boycott of the bus system by blacks that was organized by a 26-year-old Baptist minister, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
Parks died at age 92 in October 2005 in Detroit.
Today marks a moment in Alabama civil rights history.
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