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Rosa Parks
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Rosa Louise McCauley Parks was an American civil rights activist. She is best known for her 1955 refusal to move from her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, in defiance of Jim Crow racial segregati
Parks in 1956
Parks in 1956
The No. 2857 bus on which Parks was riding before her arrest is now a museum exhibit at the Henry Ford Museum.
The No. 2857 bus on which Parks was riding before her arrest is now a museum exhibit at the Henry Ford Museum.
The seat layout on the bus where Parks sat, December 1, 1955
The seat layout on the bus where Parks sat, December 1, 1955
Police report on Parks, December 1, 1955, page 1
Police report on Parks, December 1, 1955, page 1
James F. Blake
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James Frederick Blake was an American bus driver in Montgomery, Alabama, whom Rosa Parks defied in December 1955, prompting the Montgomery bus boycott.
Rosa Parks
…Black passengers were sometimes required to pay their fares at the front of the bus, then exit and re-board through the back door. In 1943, bus driver James F. Blake confronted Parks when she tried to take her seat from the front of the bus, insisting that she re-board in the back. Parks refused, telling Blake that…
First page of Parks' arrest report. Blake is listed as the complainant and warrant issuer.
First page of Parks' arrest report. Blake is listed as the complainant and warrant issuer.