Rosa Parks' Bus . In 1955, African Americans were still required by a Montgomery, Alabama, city ordinance to sit in the back half of city buses and to yield their seats to white riders if the The National City Lines bus, No. 2857, on which Rosa Parks rode before she was arrested (a GM "old-look" transit bus, serial number 1132), is now on exhibit at the Henry Ford Museum. On the night of Parks' arrest, the Women's Political Council , led by Jo Ann Robinson , printed and circulated a flyer throughout Montgomery's black community that December 5, 1955 to December 20, 1956. 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. The photo below is usually labeled as Parks being fingerprinted after her arrest on Dec. 1, 1955. In fact, this was after her arrest on Feb. 22, 1956, for organizing the boycott. Rosa Parks Arrested. On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks was arrested in Montgomery, Alabama, for disorderly conduct for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white man. Civil Rights leader E. D. Nixon bailed her out of jail, joined by white friends Clifford Durr, an attorney, and his wife, Virginia. December 5, 1955: Though Parks was not the first Black woman arrested for defying segregation on city buses, news of her case spurs the Black community to begin a boycott of Montgomery buses Location: Montgomery, Ala. Genre: Report. Topic: Montgomery Bus Boycott. Details. On 1 December 1955, Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger on a city bus in Montgomery, Alabama. This single act of nonviolent resistance sparked the Montgomery bus boycott, an eleven-month struggle to desegregate the city In 1955, the Women's Political Council issued a leaflet calling for a boycott of Montgomery buses. Don't ride the bus to work, to town, to school, or any place Monday, December 5. Another Negro Woman has been arrested and put in jail because she refused to give up her bus seat. Don't ride the buses to work to town, to school, or any where on Just a few days after Rosa Parks' arrest in Montgomery, Alabama, a little-known, 26-year-old pastor named Martin Luther King, Jr., stood by her side, along with thousands of her fellow citizens. Together, they began a boycott. Rosa Parks arrives at circuit court to be arraigned in the Montgomery bus boycott on Feb. 24, 1956 in Montgomery, Ala. The boycott started on Dec. 5, 1955 when Parks was fined for refusing to move 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. Rosa Parks refuses to give up her bus seat to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama, leading to her arrest and fine. December 2, 1955: News of Parks’ arrest circulates, and planning for a bus boycott begins among local civil rights leaders. December 5, 1955: The Montgomery Bus Boycott starts, with the city’s Black residents avoiding buses. “During the Montgomery bus boycott, we came together and remained unified for 381 days. It has never been done again. The Montgomery boycott became the model for human rights throughout the world.” When Rosa Parks was arrested on December 1, 1955, for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white man, she was mentally prepared for the moment. Montgomery Bus Boycott Title: Montgomery Bus Boycott Years: 1956 1955 Description: Local authorities in Montgomery, Alabama, arrested Rosa Parks, a black seamstress, when she refused to vacate her seat in the white section of a city bus on December 1, 1955. On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks made a stand by not giving up her seat to a white person on a bus in Montgomery. This led to her arrest and sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott. This boycott was a key moment in the fight for civil rights in America. African Americans in Montgomery didn't ride The arrest of 42 year old Rosa Parks set the plans of the Montgomery bus boycott in motion. The WPC called for a one day protest of the city buses on December 5th 1955. This was publicized at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church by black ministers and leaders. 1913 Rosa Parks is born. 1915 Rosa's Brother is born. 1932 Rosa marries Raymond Parks 1955 Rosa Parks arrested 1955 Montgomery bus Boycott begins 1956 Boycott ends 1957 Rosa and Raymond move to Detroit 1963 Rosa is at the civil rights march in Washington 1977 Raymond Parks dies 2005 Rosa Parks dies Montgomery Bus Boycott Begins (1955) Image Transcription: Black residents walking, Montgomery Bus Boycott, 1955 [blackpast.org] On this day in 1955, the Montgomery Bus Boycott, a city-wide boycott of the white supremacist bus system in Montgomery, Alabama, began, just four days after Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white man. Before the bus boycott, Jim Crow laws mandated the racial segregation of the Montgomery Bus Line. As a result of this segregation, African Americans were not hired as drivers, were forced to ride in the back of the bus, and were frequently ordered to surrender their seats to white people even though black passengers made up 75% of the bus system's riders. [2] Montgomery Bus Boycott Begins (1955) The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a city-wide boycott of the bus system for its racist policies that began on this day in 1955, just 4 days after Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on the bus for a white man. The leader of the local NAACP chapter, E.D. Nixon, used her arrest to launch a
Articles and news, personal stories, interviews with experts.
Photos from events, contest for the best costume, videos from master classes.
![]() | ![]() |
![]() | ![]() |
![]() | ![]() |
![]() | ![]() |
![]() | ![]() |
![]() |