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Well the only person I am aware of being historically relevant for sitting at the front of the bus is Rosa Parks. However, she wasn't likely the first. Buses in all black neighborhoods probably had blacks at the front of the bus all the time. It was only an issue if a white person got on the bus. the law said they had to be allowed to sit at the front.

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