, now 82, in a brief court order made public Thursday by a family representative.
Parks, a 42-year-old seamstress and activist with the NAACP, gained worldwide notice after refusing to give up her bus seat to a white man on Dec. 1, 1955. Her treatment led to the yearlong Montgomery Bus Boycott, which propelled the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. into the national limelight and often is considered the start of the modern civil rights movement.
A 15-year-old high school student at the time, Colvin refused to shift seats on a segregated Montgomery bus even before Parks.A bus driver called police on March 2, 1955, to complain that two Black girls were sitting near two white girls in violation of segregation laws. One of the Black girls moved toward the rear when asked, a police report said, but Colvin refused and was arrested.
and who was blocking that request before? i have a feeling she could have gotten this done decades ago, i highly doubt anyone would have objected to that
This happened under the staunch segregationist Senator of Alabama George Wallace . ( Democrat ) Who MLK described as ' The most dangerous racist in America ' Wallace was good friends with Senator Robert Byrd , Byrd was Hillary and Bidens ' close friend and mentor ' .
Jay_Reeves This happened under Governor George Corley Wallace, Jr. . Democrat Governor of Alabama . He is best remembered as a staunch segregationist .
She should also be given a medal of honour.
Many more people will know of her actions because of the request. And think of this: most black people were in favor of segregated busses at the time- this one person was going against black sentiment of that time.
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