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December 1st

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  1. 1955
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    Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat

    In Montgomery, Alabama, Rosa Parks refuses a bus driver's order to give up her seat to a white passenger. Her arrest launches the Montgomery Bus Boycott and propels Martin Luther King Jr. to national prominence.

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