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

On this day in 1955, the civil rights activist Rosa Parks rejected a bus driver's order to vacate a seat for a white female passenger after the "white" section of the bus was filled.

Parks wasn't the first person who resisted bus segregation, but she helped inspire the black community to boycott the city buses for over a year.

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosa_Parks
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montgomery_bus_boycott

#OTD #OnThisDay #history #CivilRights #RosaParks #BlackHistory #BlackWomen

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