It was 55 years ago today - Rosa Parks sat
Yesterday, Google honored St. Andrew's Day with a St. Andrew's doodle, and today, since it is 55 years since Rosa Parks would not leave her seat on the bus, Google honors her with an anniversary doodle. Check it out:
Google honors Rosa Parks with anniversary doodle
Google celebrates the 55th anniversary of the day Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on the bus.
From The Christian Science Monitor
Today marks the 55th anniversary of the day Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on the #2857 bus in Alabama.Google celebrates this day in history with a new doodle of a school bus with four children, replacing the "ogl" in the word Google. Click on the logo and you will be redirected to articles about Ms. Parks.
On December 1, 1955, during a time of racial segregation, Parks sat at the front of the black section of the bus, when all the seats in the front were taken the bus driver asked Parks to give up her seat so a white passenger could sit down.
She refused and was arrested, five days later boycotts on the bus system lead by Martin Luther King, Jr. lasted 381 days.
