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For 382 days, almost the entire African American population of Montgomery, Alabama, including leaders Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks, refused to ride on segregated buses. The protests marked a turning point in the American civil rights movement.

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On this day (Dec 1) in 1955, she refused to give up her seat to a white man on the bus she was riding. Rosa Parks' arrest and subsequent trial in Montgomery, Alabama and the 381 day successful Montgomery Bus boycott calling to end bus segregation in recognition of that trial introduced many people to the young reverend Martin Luther King Jr. and the beginning of the modern Civil Rights movement. http://history1900s.about.com/od/1950s/qt/RosaParks.htm

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They Walked To Freedom 1955-1956: The Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott [Montgomery Advertiser] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. They Walked To Freedom 1955-1956: The Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott

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The civil rights movement was a struggle for justice and equality for African Americans that took place mainly in the 1950s and 1960s. Among its leaders were Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, the Little Rock Nine, Rosa Parks and many others.

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The Montgomery Bus Boycott was one of the first successful mass actions of the African-American Civil Rights Movement. The boycott is often understood in overly-simplified terms - the result of Rosa Parks refusing to give up her seat. In this lesson, students build a more complex understanding of the causes and context of the boycott as they analyze four historical documents.

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