Today in History: December 1, Rosa Parks refuses to give up bus seat
Briefly

On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks was arrested on a Montgomery bus for refusing to give up her seat, an act that ignited the U.S. civil rights movement.
The first Freedom Flight from Cuba to the U.S. landed in 1965, enabling over 250,000 Cuban refugees to immigrate through a U.S.-Cuban agreement.
In 2009, President Obama announced an increase of 30,000 troops to Afghanistan while assuring cadets of planned withdrawals within 18 months.
In 1991, Ukrainians voted overwhelmingly for independence from the Soviet Union, marking a significant shift in the post-Cold War landscape.
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