Marking 70 years since Montgomery bus boycott in Louisville

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — This month marks 70 years since the Montgomery Bus Boycott, sparked by the arrest of Rosa Parks in 1955.

On Friday, at King Solomon Missionary Baptist Church, Leora Jackson showed a few children the start of the mass protest 70 years ago.

“I feel like we need to amplify those moments of history because some people want to keep it under the rug and hush it under. Oh, it’s no big deal. Well, that struggle was a big deal. The integration at a moment of time was a big deal. The people that suffered was a big deal,” Jackson said…

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