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The Montgomery Bus Boycotts of 1955-1956: Causes & Results Montgomery Alabama, Women Rights, Rosa Parks, Civil Rights Movement, Great Women, Interesting People, African American History, Martin Luther King Jr, Martin Luther King

Montgomery, Alabama. December 1, 1955. Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat for a white man and was arrested. Civil Rights leaders rallied around this incident and a 381 day boycott of the city bus system ensued. After a year of protest, legal action, fire-bombs and peaceful demonstration, segregation on Montgomery's busses stopped, marking a tremendous victory for repressed African Americans.

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Princess Qajar was considered the ultimate symbol of beauty in Persia during the early 1900s. So much in fact a total of 13 young men killed themselves because she rejected their love. Qajar Dynasty, King Of Persia, Old Iran, Human Oddities, Strange History, William Faulkner, Iranian Art, Daughters Of The King, Interesting History

Princess Qajar was considered the ultimate symbol of beauty in Persia during the early 1900s. So much in fact a total of 13 young men killed themselves because she rejected their love.

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