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1955 |
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a 43-year-old civil rights activist, Rosa Parks, refuses to give up her seat on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama, and is arrested. Parks' arrest inspires black leaders to mount a bus boycott which lasts for about one year. Eyes on the Prize- "The Montgomery Bus Boycott (December 1955- December 1956) |
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