MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WAKA) — A Unity Walk in downtown Montgomery kicked off a weeklong series of events Monday honoring the 70th anniversary of the Montgomery Bus Boycott, one of the most pivotal moments of the Civil Rights Movement.
Despite rain, dozens gathered to sing, pray and march in remembrance of Parks’ arrest on Dec. 1, 1955, after she refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man. Her act of defiance, and the 381-day boycott that followed, reshaped the nation’s fight for racial equality.
In 2018, the Alabama Legislature designated Dec. 1 as Rosa Parks Day…