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What was the name of the bus driver who ordered Rosa Parks to give up her seat?

  • James F. Blake

  • Robert J. Smith

  • William H. Johnson

  • Charles E. Brown

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James F. Blake was the bus driver who ordered Rosa Parks to give up her seat on December 1, 1955. Parks' refusal to comply led to her arrest and sparked the Montgomery bus boycott.
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