Rosa Parks Riding The Bus
by Bettmann
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Rosa Parks Riding The Bus
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Bettmann
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Photograph - Photography
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Rosa Parks sits in the front of a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, after the Supreme Court ruled segregation illegal on the city bus system on December 21st, 1956. Parks was arrested on December 1, 1955 for refusing to give up her seat in the front of a bus in Montgomery set off a successful boycott of the city busses. Man sitting behind Parks is Nicholas C. Chriss, a reporter for United Press International out of Atlanta.
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May 12th, 2020
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