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The Montgomery Bus Boycott lasted 381 days. During that time, Martin Luther King, Jr. and Rosa Parks rose to national stature as leaders of the Civil Rights Movement. King's philosophy of non-violent protest proved effective. African-Americans in the South proved that they could create social change through boycotts and protests.
Just six weeks before the 50th anniversary of her arrest, Rosa Parks died at the age of 92. After the boycott, she and her family moved to Detroit. For many years, she worked as an aide to Michigan Congressman John Conyers, Jr. During her lifetime, Parks received numerous awards, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Soon there will be a statue of Parks in the Capitol.
Today, there is a historical marker at the spot where Rosa Parks was arrested. There is also a marker at the Holt Street Baptist Church where 5,000 African-American residents of Montgomery gathered to discuss boycott plans and another at the home of E. D. Nixon which was bombed during the boycott. In 2005, the United States Postal Service created a stamp to honor the 50th anniversary of the beginning of the boycott.
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"1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott "
Courtesy, United States Postal Service (www.usps.gov)