Rosa Parks’ refusal to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus in 1955 sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott, which lasted 381 days and brought the Civil Rights Movement to national and global attention.

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Rosa Parks’ refusal to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus in 1955 sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott, which lasted 381 days and brought the Civil Rights Movement to national and global attention.
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