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In 1955, the Rosa Parks incident sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott event. Rosa Parks, who was African American, was riding a bus and refused to give her seat to a white person. This event led to this boycott as a reaction to her treatment and was a pivotal moment in the Civil Rights Movement.

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