Summary
Businesses had no incentive to segregate buses
THE death of Rosa Parks has reminded us of her place in history, as the black woman whose refusal to give up her seat on a bus to a white man, in accordance with the Jim Crow laws of Alabama, became the spark that ignited the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s.See the full content of this document
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Economics, Politics and Rosa Parks
Most people do not know the rest of the story, however. Why was there racially segregated seating on public transportation in the first place?
"Racism" some will say - and there was certainly plenty of ...See the full content of this document
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