This Day In History - Rosa Park Refuses To Move 1955

Rosa Park Refuses To Move 1955

Wednesday, December 1, 2021

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Event Description

Rosa Parks was taking the bus home when she refused after being asked to move for white passengers.

By law busses in Montgomery were segregated by race. Montgomery bus drivers adopted the practice of requiring black riders to move when there were no white-only seats left.

Event Location

Montgomery, Alabama