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Rosa M. Parks (1913-2005) was arrested on a Montgomery bus on December 1, 1955, for refusing to relinquish her seat to a white passenger. Her arrest, which happened two blocks west on Montgomery Street, sparked the 381-day Montgomery Bus Boycott, led by the Montgomery Improvement Association, and culminated in 1956 with Browder v. Gayle with plaintiffs Browder, Colvin, McDonald, and Smith. Mrs. Parks, an active member of St. Paul's AME Church, was a dedicated civil rights pioneer. Today, December 1st is officially the Rosa Parks Holiday.
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