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James Frederick Blake (April 14, 1912 – March 21, 2002) was an American bus driver in Montgomery, Alabama, whom Rosa Parks defied in 1955, prompting the Montgomery bus boycott. Early life [ edit ] James F. Blake, the Montgomery, Ala., bus driver who had Rosa Parks arrested in 1955 when she refused to give up her seat to a white passenger, has died. He was 89. Blake died of a heart attack In 1955, Rosa Parks ignited a civil rights revolution by refusing to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama. Had she noticed that James Blake was behind the wheel, she might never have James Fred Blake (April 14, 1912 – March 21, 2002) was an American bus driver in Montgomery, Alabama, whom Rosa Parks defied in 1955, prompting the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Born on April 14, 1912, Blake was drafted into the Army on December 23, 1943, at Fort McClellan in Anniston, Alabama. On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks stood up for what she believed in by sitting down. This is the arrest report filed by the Police Department of Montgomery, Alabama. Bus driver and WWII veteran James F. Blake initiated the complaint and arrest of Parks, leading to a 381-day boycott of the Montgomery bus system and the subsequent Supreme Court James F. Blake, the Montgomery, Ala., bus driver who arrested Rosa Parks in 1955 when she refused to give up her seat to a white passenger, has died. He was 89. Black In Back December 1, 1955 — The day Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, wasn’t the first time she had encountered James Blake, the driver. One cold, winter day, twelve years earlier, Rosa ignored the “rule” saying blacks could use the back door only, stepped onto Blake’s crowded bus, and extend her hand with the fare. Angered by Rosa’s The bus driver, James Blake, noticed and asked Parks and other black passengers in the middle section to move. By the terms of Alabama segregation, all four Black people in the row Parks was seated in would have to get up so one man could sit down. Montgomery bus drivers carried guns. No one moved. On December 1, 1955, in Montgomery, Alabama, Rosa Parks rejected bus driver James F. Blake's order to vacate a row of four seats in the "colored" section in favor of a White passenger, once the "White" section was filled. Parks joined the N.A.A.C.P. in 1943, the year she twice was refused the right to vote -- and the same year she first encountered the bus driver James F. Blake, ''a vicious bigot,'' Brinkley writes James F. Blake, the Montgomery bus driver who ordered Rosa Parks to give up her seat to a white passenger and had her arrested when she refused, has died at the age of 89. James F. Blake, the bus driver who asked Rosa Parks to move to the back of the bus talks about that historic day. Then a 28-year-old patrol officer with Montgomery Police Department, he was the first officer to arrive on scene when bus driver James Blake called police on a black woman who refused to change Folk Figure. A native of Montgomery, Alabama, he served in the United States Army during World War II. He was the bus driver who on December 1, 1955, insisted that a African American woman named Rosa Parks give up her seat in the front of the bus to a white man, and move to the back of the bus. For this Rosa Parks If repression and suppression are to be overcome, all of us must heed the example of Rosa Parks and be watchful of any future or current James F. Blake. Much continues to ride on the outcome of James F. Blake (April 14, 1912 March 21, 2002) was the Bus driver whom Rosa Parks defied in 1955, prompting the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Blake was drafted into the Army in December 23, 1943. He was enlisted and sworn in at Ft. McClellan, Alabama. His enlistment record states he was married and had "James Blake, 89; Driver Had Rosa Parks Arrested". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 5, 2023. The obituary also noted that Parks had offered her condolences to the Blake family through the Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self-Development in Detroit. "[I'm] sure his family will miss him," Parks was reported to have said in the message. Folk Figure. A native of Montgomery, Alabama, he served in the United States Army during World War II. He was the bus driver who on December 1, 1955, insisted that a African American woman named Rosa Parks give up her seat in the front of the bus to a white man, and move to the back of the bus. For this Rosa Parks Rosa Louise McCauley Parks (February 4, 1913 – October 24, 2005) was an American activist in the civil rights movement best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott. The United States Congress has called her “the first lady of civil rights” and “the mother of the freedom movement.” The story of Rosa Parks refusing to give up her seat on the bus has been told many times. Their actions cause the full bus and makes sure that James Blake (the driver) and Rosa are in place
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