Montgomery to host celebrations marking the 67th anniversary of Bus Boycott

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Montgomery is marking the 67th anniversary of the Montgomery Bus Boycott with a series of celebrations and events.

Rosa Parks, an African-American woman, was arrested Dec. 1, 1955 after refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger on a segregated bus in Montgomery. Her action helped ignite the yearlong boycott of the bus system by Black passengers and ushered in the civil rights movement.

Browder v. Gayle, a lawsuit filed on behalf of women who had also been mistreated on city buses, led to the court ruling that the segregated bus system was unconstitutional.

The events will be announced on Montgomery, Alabama's cultural events website, mgmcityevents.com. Some of last year's events included museum activities, lectures, a unity walk, concert and other activities.

In 2019, the city placed a statue of Parks near the spot where she is believed to have boarded the bus.

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Rosa Louise McCauley Parks fought for Justice

What I learned about Rosa Parks
Awards and Achievements (extra information)
Rosa Park challenged segregation laws in the south in the mid-1950's.

Her arrest sparked the year-long Montgomery Bus Boycott, taken up by Martin Luther King and hundreds of African-American activists.

Rosa knew the bus driver. The driver was James Blake, who had a reputation for treating black passengers without dignity. More than a decade earlier, Blake stopped Parks from entering the front of the bus, telling her to use the back entrance, then sped away before she got on.

Rosa park received:

- The Congressional Gold Award (1999)

-Presidential metal of freedom (1996)

-Spingarn Medal (1979)

-Golden Plates Awards (1995)

-NAACP Image award for outstanding supporting actress in drama series (2000)

-TIME magazine named Rosa Parks on its list of "The 20 most influential People of the 20th Century."

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