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Rosa Parks

History Dispatches
History Dispatches
Episode • Mar 17 • 19m

On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks would have enough. Sitting on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, she was told to give up her seat. She said no. Sick and tired of decades of segregation, racism and oppression, she would sit defiantly. This would lead into some of the most pivotal moments in the American civil rights movement.


Sources


Montgomery Bus Boycott - https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/montgomery-bus-boycott

"The Rebellious life of Rosa Parks" by Jeanne Theoharis

Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rosa_Parks_in_watercolour.png


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