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@MikeDunnAuthor@kolektiva.social · 6 days ago

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

Rosa Parks in 1955, with Martin Luther King Jr. in the background. She is wearing wire-rimmed glasses, a striped shirt and vest. By Unknown author - USIA / National Archives and Records Administration Records of the U.S. Information Agency Record Group 306, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4344206

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