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January 14, 1980: Parks is given the Martin Luther King Jr. Nonviolent Peace Prize. 1987: Parks establishes the Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self Development, intended to help Rosa’s arrest sparks the Montgomery Bus Boycott, a mass protest organized by the Montgomery Improvement Association (MIA), led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The boycott lasts for 381 days and ends with a Supreme Court ruling that segregation on buses is unconstitutional. Opens The Rosa L. Parks Learning Center Sept. 2, 1998 1998 Takes Pathways to Freedom ride to Nova Scotia and receives an honorary degree from Mt. Saint Vincent University In August, Rosa meets Martin Luther King, Jr. On December 1st, Rosa is arrested in Montgomery, Alabama for not giving her seat to a white passenger on the bus. On December 5th, she stands trial and is found guilty of breaking the segregation laws. On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks, a seamstress and secretary of the local NAACP, refused to give up her seat on the bus to a white man. As a result, Parks was arrested for violating a city law. Parks’ actions and subsequent arrest launched the Montgomery Bus Boycott, pushing Martin Luther King Jr. into the national spotlight. Rosa Parks had become synonymous with the Civil Rights Movement. Her notoriety as an activist led to her losing her job in a department store. Her husband also lost his job. She also found herself and her own views at odds with those of Martin Luther King. On 1 December 1955 local National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) leader Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger on a city bus in Montgomery, Alabama. Sparked by the arrest of Rosa Parks on 1 December 1955, the Montgomery bus boycott was a 13-month mass protest that ended with the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that segregation on public buses is unconstitutional. Rosa Parks launched the Montgomery bus boycott when she refused to give up her bus seat to a white man. The boycott proved to be one of the pivotal moments of the emerging civil rights movement. For 13 months, starting in December 1955, the black citizens of Montgomery protested nonviolently with the goal of desegregating the city’s public buses. Local activists—among them, a young Martin Luther King, Jr.—organized a single-day boycott to coincide with her trial. Parks was convicted and fined $14 at her trial. While her attorneys The 381-day bus boycott also brought the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., into the spotlight as one of the most important leaders of the American civil rights movement. The event that triggered the boycott took place in Montgomery on December 1, 1955, after seamstress Rosa Parks refused to give For 382 days, almost the entire African American population of Montgomery, Alabama, including leaders Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks, refused to ride on segregated buses. The protests The Montgomery Bus Boycott starts, with the city’s Black residents avoiding buses. Rosa Parks is tried and fined. The Montgomery Improvement Association (MIA) is formed to oversee the boycott, and Martin Luther King Jr. is elected its president. January 30, 1956: The home of Martin Luther King Jr. is bombed, but King and his family are unharmed. Rosa Parks was arrested. The MIA started a carpool program. Martin Luther King was arrested. Montgomery buses were Integrated. Montgomery buses were attacked. Claudette Colvin and Mary L. were pioneers of the civil rights movements in the United States. Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white person on the bus. 1929: 15 January: Michael King, later known as Martin Luther King, Jr., is born at 501 Auburn Ave. in Atlanta, Georgia. 1941: Summer: The King family — Martin Luther King, Sr. (Daddy King), Alberta Williams King, Willie Christine King, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Alfred Daniel Williams King (known as A. D. King) — moves from 501 Auburn Avenue to 193 Boulevard in Atlanta. Shelf locator: Sc Photo King, Martin Luther, Jr. Topics King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 African American leadership African American civil rights workers African Americans-- Civil rights African American politicians Civil rights leaders Parks, Rosa, 1913-2005 Boston, David Genres Portraits Type of Resource Still image Identifiers The Montgomery Bus Boycott of 1955-1956 was a defining moment in the American Civil Rights Movement. Triggered by the arrest of Rosa Parks for refusing to surrender her bus seat to a white passenger, the 13-month protest campaign reshaped the struggle for racial equality and introduced the world to a young minister named Martin Luther King Jr. On December 5, 1955, just days after Rosa Park's historic arrest for refusing to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and his wife Coretta watched tensely from their living room window as the first moments of the Montomery Bus Boycott unfolded. Dr. For 382 days, almost the entire African American population of Montgomery, Alabama, including leaders Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks, refused to ride on segregated buses. The protests Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King The African American could vote Apr 4, 1968. Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Martin Luther King Timeline. History Timeline
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