Dec 1 1955, 69 years ago:

#RosaParks refused to give up her bus seat and became a #CivilRights icon

#BrowdervGayle ruled public transport #segregation unconstitutional in 1956, but Rosa was not party to it- her case was stuck in #Alabama #courts. #Lawyer #FredGray and #NAACP's #ThurgoodMarshall used earlier cases of #blackwomen refusing to give up their seats for #Federal #Court action:

#ClaudetteColvin and #MaryLouiseSmith

Ancient history?

Fred, Claudette and Mary are all alive today

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