On this day in 1955

On this day in 1955

Dec. 1, 1955 Deputy D.H. Lackey fingerprints Rosa Parks after her arrest for boycotting public transportation in Montgomery, Alabama. Credit: Wikipedia Four days after hearing civil rights leader Dr. T.R.M. Howard describe what happened to Emmett Till, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man on a city bus in Montgomery, Alabama.  “People always say that I didn’t give up my seat because I was tired, but that isn’t true. I was not t…