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1st December 2021

1st December 1955: Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, after the white section of the bus became full

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This simple act of defiance led to her quickly becoming a symbol of the Civil Rights Movement, and sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

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