December 1 in American History
In Montgomery, Alabama, Rosa Parks refused a bus driver's order to surrender her seat to a white passenger, and was arrested. Her quiet act of defiance sparked the 381-day Montgomery Bus Boycott and helped launch the modern civil rights movement — proof that one person's courage can move a nation.
In 1955: Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat. In Montgomery, Alabama, Rosa Parks refused a bus driver's order to surrender her seat to a white passenger, and was arrested.
In Montgomery, Alabama, Rosa Parks refused a bus driver's order to surrender her seat to a white passenger, and was arrested. Her quiet act of defiance sparked the 381-day Montgomery Bus Boycott and helped launch the modern civil rights movement — proof that one person's courage can move a nation.
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