Events tagged with "nonviolent resistance"

Historical Events tagged with "nonviolent resistance"

Turns out history loves a label—battles, breakthroughs, and the occasional disaster, all neatly tagged for your browsing pleasure. Because sometimes you just need every weird invention in one place.

Rosa Parks Defies Bus Segregation Laws

December 1st, 1955 69 years ago

Rosa Parks, a seamstress in Montgomery, Alabama, refused to surrender her bus seat to a white man, resulting in her arrest for violating racial segregation laws. This act of defiance ignited a significant movement against bus segregation and led to the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Her courageous stand became a defining moment in the American Civil Rights Movement, highlighting the struggle against systemic racism and inequality in the South.