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Thread #76110   Message #1344836
Posted By: Amos
01-Dec-04 - 06:39 PM
Thread Name: BS: Lest We Forget: History to Remember
Subject: BS: Lest We Forget: History to Remember
On Dec. 1, 1955, Rosa Parks, a black seamstress, defied the law by refusing to give up her seat to a white man aboard a Montgomery, Ala., city bus. Parks was arrested, sparking a year-long boycott of the buses by blacks.