17h 16min, dec 1, 1955 y - In Montgomery, Alabama, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat in the front of the “colored” section of a city bus to a white man.
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Her actions led to a nearly year long bus boycott, led by the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., president of the Montgomery Improvement Association (MIA), and Ralph Abernathy, the MIA’s vice president. The buses were desegregated in December 1956.Added to timeline:
Date:
17h 16min, dec 1, 1955 y
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~ 69 years ago