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Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man
Parks was an activist who boarded the front of the bus instead of going to the back, which was reserved for Black passengers. When the bus filled with white passengers, the driver asked Parks to move.
Parks refused, and was arrested for disobeying Alabama law. The arrest led to a 381-day boycott of the Montgomery bus system. In 1956, the Supreme Court ruled against segregation on public transportation.