The modern civil rights movement is considered to have begun on December 1, 1955, when a seamstress named Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a public Montgomery bus to a white person. The Montgomery Bus Boycott, which went on for a year, is the most significant event in the history of Alabama.
From al.com
Rosa Parks, bus boycott remembered by Google and many more
Published: Wednesday, December 01, 2010, 6:39 AM
On Dec. 1, 1955, Rosa Parks, a black seamstress, was arrested after refusing to give up her seat to a white man on a Montgomery, Ala., city bus. The incident sparked a year-long boycott of the buses by blacks, The Associated Press, this day in history.
The Montgomery Bus Boycott history is well told by the Montgomery Advertiser.
This week, the River Region celebrates that 55th anniversary, and the movement Parks helped propel forward.
This morning, others are taking note of the anniversary, including the world's largest internet search engine:
Google Commemorates Rosa Parks With New Doodle, from Erictric
"What could be called an incredibly refreshing image, Google has today posted up a Doodle commemorating Rosa Louise McCauley Parks (lived February 4, 1913 – October 24, 2005). Ms. Parks, of course, is most famous for refusing to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama public bus to a white passenger 55 years ago today."
Rosa Parks sparks Civil Rights Movement, from Politico
"On this day in 1955, Rosa Parks was arrested and charged with violating an ordinance that required her to relinquish her bus seat to a white passenger. Her act of defiance sparked a yearlong bus boycott in the segregated city."
Rosa Parks' legacy endures decades later, from CNN International
"Little did Rosa Parks know that her act of civil disobedience 55 years ago would help end segregation laws in the South"
Remembering Rosa Parks – 55 years later, from Gather.com
"If it can be called courage to march and speak, backed up by thousands of supporters, television, and coverage by the nation's news media, then what can we call a single act of stubborn defiance, over an otherwise trivial matter?"
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