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The Montgomery Bus Boycott
On December 1, 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama one of America’s most famous protests went down in history. An African-American women by the name of Rosa Parks led a one person protest that led to a large social protest and a Supreme Court case. The small protest led to a change in American life. The Rosa Park’s protest in Montgomery Alabama was on of the most important event of the Civil Rights Movement because it was one of the first victories for African-Americans in the movement, it changed the everyday lives of both African-American and White-American people, it helped Martin Luther King Jr. become one of the movements biggest leaders, and it helped African-Americans get one step closer to being treated like White-Americans.
Rosa Parks was born on February 4, 1913. She lived with her mother and grandparents on a small farm in a town outside of Montgomery, Alabama. Parks went to an all-girls school and went on to go college but dropped out to......

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