December 1st, 1955, Rosa Parks refuses to surrender her bus seat in Montgomery, Alabama. As Parks boarded the bus, she sat just inside the “Colored” section. When three white men boarded at Empire Theater, one of them realized that the “White” section was full, and moved the “Colored” sign
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to the seat behind Parks. Blake demanded that Parks move, to which Parks relocated to the window, but not to the Colored section. Parks was arrested and her stand fueled support for the Montgomery Bus Boycotts.