December, 1 1955


Rosa Parks refuses to leave his place in a bus

In the middle of racial segregation, the city bus in Montgomery (Alabama) are divided into two.
The first four rows were reserved for whites and the rest of the bus to blacks.
Rosa Parks, a black woman of 42 years refused to obey orders of the driver, James Blake, to give up her seat to a white man.
This event will trigger the movement for civil rights leader who has the young Rev. Martin Luther King.

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