Rosa Parks On Thursday, December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a public bus in Montgomery, Alabama, to a white man. ... The African Americans of Montgomery won their rights on June 2, 1956, when a federal court ruled for the Montgomery Improvement Association and declared segregated bus service to be unconstitutional. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

So, on December 1st, 1955, Rosa took a stand. ... Later that day, a boycott to the Montgomery bus service started because many did not believe Rosa's ruling was right. ... Then, on December 20th, 1956, the supreme court of America declared that the Montgomery bus segregation laws were unconstitutional. ...

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The buses were desegregated in December of that year and the boycott ended. ... Within eighteen months of its establishment 70 000 freedom riders had taken part in sit-ins across the country against segregated services. ...

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• Grade Level: High School