Happy birthday to civil rights activist Rosa Parks, who was born on this day in 1913 ✊
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosa_Parks
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Today in Labor History January 30, 1956: Klansmen bombed the home of Martin Luther King Jr in retaliation for the Montgomery bus boycott. No one died in the bombing. However, the explosion destroyed the King’s porch and blasted out their windows. At the time of the bombing, King was giving a speech at the Montgomery Improvement Association at Rev. Ralph Abernathy’s First Baptist Church. No one was ever indicted or convicted for the bombing. The authorities did indict King, and 80 other activists, for “interfering with business,” during the bus boycott and demonstrations.
#LaborHistory #workingclass #rosaparks #mlk #civilrights #bombing #racism #boycott #jimcrow #montgomery #alabama #kkk #klan #BlackMastodon
Today in Labor History January 30, 1956: Klansmen bombed the home of Martin Luther King Jr in retaliation for the Montgomery bus boycott. No one died in the bombing. However, the explosion destroyed the King’s porch and blasted out their windows. At the time of the bombing, King was giving a speech at the Montgomery Improvement Association at Rev. Ralph Abernathy’s First Baptist Church. No one was ever indicted or convicted for the bombing. The authorities did indict King, and 80 other activists, for “interfering with business,” during the bus boycott and demonstrations.
#LaborHistory #workingclass #rosaparks #mlk #civilrights #bombing #racism #boycott #jimcrow #montgomery #alabama #kkk #klan #BlackMastodon
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Today in Labor History December 5, 1955: E. D. Nixon and Rosa Parks initiated the Montgomery Bus Boycott. The boycott lasted until December 20, 1956, when the Supreme Court ruled that the Alabama and Montgomery bus segregation laws were unconstitutional.
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Seventy years ago today on December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white bus rider on a Montgomery, Alabama bus.
Today in Labor History December 5, 1955: E. D. Nixon and Rosa Parks initiated the Montgomery Bus Boycott. The boycott lasted until December 20, 1956, when the Supreme Court ruled that the Alabama and Montgomery bus segregation laws were unconstitutional.
#workingclass #LaborHistory #rosaparks #racism #jimcrow #alabama #boycott #segregation #SCOTUS #BlackMastodon
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On this day in 1955, the civil rights activist Rosa Parks rejected a bus driver's order to vacate a seat for a white female passenger after the "white" section of the bus was filled.
Parks helped inspire the Black community to boycott the city buses, resulting in a landmark Supreme Court ruling that segregation on public transportation was unconstitutional, a *whole year later*.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosa_Parks
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montgomery_bus_boycott
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browder_v._Gayle
#OTD #OnThisDay #history #CivilRights #RosaParks #BlackHistory #BlackWomen
Seventy years ago today on December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white bus rider on a Montgomery, Alabama bus.
On this day in 1955, the civil rights activist Rosa Parks rejected a bus driver's order to vacate a seat for a white female passenger after the "white" section of the bus was filled.
Parks helped inspire the Black community to boycott the city buses, resulting in a landmark Supreme Court ruling that segregation on public transportation was unconstitutional, a *whole year later*.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosa_Parks
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montgomery_bus_boycott
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browder_v._Gayle
#OTD #OnThisDay #history #CivilRights #RosaParks #BlackHistory #BlackWomen