PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973
THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT DURING THE 1950S
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Rosa Parks was arrested here when she refused to give up her seat on the bus. Also the site of a major bus boycott.
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Atlanta, GA
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Montgomery, AL
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Washington, D.C.
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Savannah, GA
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -In Montgomery, Alabama on December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks is jailed for refusing to give up her seat on a public bus to a white man, a violation of the city’s racial segregation laws.
Detailed explanation-2: -She refused on principle to surrender her seat because of her race, which was required by the law in Montgomery at the time. Parks was briefly jailed and paid a fine. But she was also a long-time member of the NAACP and highly respected in her community.
Detailed explanation-3: -After Parks refused to move, she was arrested and fined $10. The chain of events triggered by her arrest changed the United States.
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