2014
This Week in History: Rosa Parks Refuses to Give Up Her Seat
Kelly Landers / 0 Comments /West Palm Beach criminal defense attorney Kelly V. Landers recalls significant historical events that occurred this week in past years.
The National City Lines bus, No. 2857, on which Rosa Parks was riding before she was arrested, is now a museum exhibit at the Henry Ford Museum. Source: Wikipedia
On December 1, 1955 Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white male passenger in Montgomery, Alabama.
On December 2, 1859 John Brown was executed for a failed armory raid in Harper’s Ferry, Virginia.
On December 5, 1932 the 21st Amendment was ratified ending prohibition; alcohol still subject to state regulation.
On December 5, 1955 the Montgomery Alabama Bus Boycott organized by Dr. Martin Luther King began.
On December 6, 1865 the 13th Amendment to the US Constitution was ratified, ending slavery in the United States.
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