On this day — December 1
Curated American history anniversaries for December 1, each linked to a full SeeStew article with named sources. Empty calendar stubs are not published.
Rosa Parks arrested (1955)
The Montgomery Bus Boycott: How 381 Days of Walking Changed America
Rosa Parks’s arrest was the spark — but a year-long boycott and a Supreme Court ruling ended bus segregation in Montgomery. (Montgomery Bus Boycott)
Our Lady of the Angels fire (1958)
Our Lady of the Angels: The Chicago School Fire That Changed Building Codes
Ninety-two children and three nuns died in a school that met the codes of its day — until the codes changed forever. (Our Lady of the Angels fire)