After working all day, Parks boarded the Cleveland Avenue bus, a General Motors Old Look bus belonging to the Montgomery City Lines, around 6 p.m., Thursday, December 1, 1955, in downtown Montgomery. She paid her fare and sat in an empty … [Read more...] about 01 DEC 1955 – ROSA PARKS REFUSES TO GIVE UP SEAT
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June 27, 1980 – Rockers
On June 27, 1978 the film "Rockers" was released featuring Leroy "Horsemouth" Wallace, Burning Spear, Gregory Isaacs, Big Youth, Dillinger, and Jacob Miller. It was directed by Theodoros Bafaloukos. Plot: Making it in the music … [Read more...] about June 27, 1980 – Rockers
10 NOV 1978 – “BABYLON BY BUS” RELEASED
BABYLON BY BUS is a live album released by Bob Marley and the Wailers in 1978. The tracks on this album are considered, with two exceptions, to be from the Pavillon de Paris concerts over 3 nights, 25–27 June 1978, during the Kaya Tour, … [Read more...] about 10 NOV 1978 – “BABYLON BY BUS” RELEASED
07 NOV 1841 – THE CREOLE REBELLION
Madison Washington was an American enslaved cook who instigated a slave revolt in November 1841 on board the brig Creole, which was transporting 134 other slaves from Virginia for sale in New Orleans, as part of the coastwise slave … [Read more...] about 07 NOV 1841 – THE CREOLE REBELLION
06 NOV 1962 U.N. CONDEMNS APARTHEID
On November 6, 1962, the United Nations General Assembly adopts a resolution condemning South Africa’s racist apartheid policies and calling on all its members to end economic and military relations with the country. In effect from 1948 … [Read more...] about 06 NOV 1962 U.N. CONDEMNS APARTHEID