December 1, 1955: Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat

Rosa Parks, an African American activist, is arrested in Montgomery, Alabama for refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger on a bus.

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This act of civil disobedience triggers a 381-day transit boycott and becomes a symbol of the civil rights movement.

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