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Today in history: Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat

7:01 AM Mon, Dec 01, 2008 |
Jack Perry    Email

On this day in 1955, Rosa Parks, a black seamstress, defied the law by refusing to give up her seat to a white man aboard a Montgomery, Ala., city bus. Parks was arrested, sparking a year-long boycott of the buses by blacks.

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