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Montgomery Bus Boycott
Who led the 1955 Montgomery bus boycott?
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January 31, 2012 9:17PM
Rosa Parks did.
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after Rosa Parks' arrest for refusing to give her bus seat to a
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Luther King, Jr., decided to extend it until the practice of public
transportation segregation was outlawed. The boycott ended 381 days
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Alabama, city bus system after Rosa Parks was arrested in 1955 for
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segregation in public transportation unconstitutional in
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