61 years ago today, #RosaParks stayed in her seat, refusing to abide by the unjust Jim Crow laws that deemed her rejection of the bus driver's commands illegal. She set off the longest boycott in the country, where the people of Montgomery refused to use the bus system for 381 days. #TodayinHistory #BusBoycott #nbcblk (📷 Bettman/ gettyimages)