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02 Peace or Power
By: Aubrey Hovan
Montgomery bus boycott
Summary:
On December 1st, 1955, the arrest of Rosa Parks marked the beginning of a 13 month long mass
protest. Parks was arrested because she refused to abide by the law that states that colored people
must sit in the back of segregated busses. This caught the attention of many people, and more and
more started to fight back.