Rosa Parks: The ‘no’ that sparked the civil rights movement – BBC

February 4, 2025

On 1 December 1955, Rosa Parks was arrested in Alabama for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white man. Discover how her act of defiance sparked the US civil rights movement.

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20231128-rosa-parks-the-one-moment-that-sparked-the-civil-rights-movement

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