Congressman Mike Rogers made the following comments in honor of the 60th anniversary of the beginning of the Montgomery Bus Boycott. On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery city bus.

“It has been 60 years since a woman named Rosa Parks sat in quiet protest on a Montgomery city bus instead of giving up her seat. Little did she know that her quiet act of defiance would help spark the Civil Rights movement. She was a great Alabamian and helped change the state for the better. I join Montgomery and Alabama in celebrating Rosa Parks and her legacy today,” Rogers said.

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