US lawmakers push for federal holiday honoring Rosa Parks on the anniversary of her arrest
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on December 6, 2023
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Rosa Parks' refusal to move to the segregated section of the bus sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott and the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement.
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On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks boarded a city bus after work in Montgomery, Alabama, and sat down.
As the bus filled with passengers, the driver demanded the . . .
