Posted: Dec 1, 2010 at 7:55 AM [Dec 1, 2010]
Today is the 55th anniversary of the day Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white passenger on a Montgomery public bus (which can be seen at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn). She was not the first person to refuse, but her refusal and subsequent arrest is the one that set off the Montgomery Bus Boycott and all that followed.
There are some interesting thoughts for today at TeachingTolerance.com.
click on link for more: Remembering Rosa Parks and Dec. 1, 1955 - AnnArbor.com
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