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EDITOR'S NOTE: Rosa Parks' arrest for refusing to give up her seat to a white man on Dec. 1, 1955 -- the start of the Montgomery bus boycott -- got relatively little attention, initially. On December 1, 1955, during a typical evening rush hour in Montgomery, Alabama, a 42-year-old woman took a seat on the bus on her way home from the Montgomery Fair department store where she worked as a seamstress. Before she reached her destination, she quietly set off a social revolution when the bus driver instructed her to move back, and she refused. Rosa Parks, an African American, was Modified Document A: Police Report The police who arrested Rosa Parks filled out this official report about the arrest. Date 12-1-1955 Complainant: J.F. Blacke (white male) Address: 27 North Lewis Street Offense: Miscellaneous Date and Time Offense Committed: 12-1-55 6:06 pm Place of Occurrence: In Front of Empire Theatre (On Montgomery Street) Rosa Parks (February 4, 1913 – October 24, 2005) was an African American civil rights activist best known for her role in the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Newspaper report of Rosa Parks' arrest The bus operator signed a warrant for her. Rosa Parks, (cf) 634 Cleveland Boul. Rosa Parks (cf) was charged with chapter 6 section 11 of the Montgomery City Code. Warrant #14254. Officers: F.B. Day, D.W. Mixon. Division: Patrol . Time: 7:00 pm . Source: Police Department, City of Montgomery. December 1, 1955. In The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks, Jeanne Theoharis reconstructs the scene: Blake wanted the seats. “I had police powers — any driver did.” The bus was crowded and the tension heightened as Blake walked back to her. Refusing to assume a deferential position, Parks looked him straight in the eye. 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’s buses. When Mrs. Parks defied his orders, he called the police. Fingerprint chart of Rosa Parks, December 1, 1955 Mrs. Parks was promptly arrested and taken to the police station where she was booked, fingerprinted, and briefly incarcerated. The police report shows that she was charged with "refusing to obey orders of the bus driver." The police report shows that Rosa Parks was charged with "refusing to obey orders of bus driver." Police officers arrested Parks on December 1, 1955, in Montgomery, Alabama. According to the report, she was taken to the police station, where she was booked, fingerprinted, and briefly incarcerated. Local Identifier: ARC Identifier: 596074 Police Report on Arrest of Rosa Parks 1955. Print. Add to Favorites: December 1, 1955: Rosa Parks Is Arrested On Thursday, December 1, 1955, the 42-year-old Rosa Parks was commuting home from a long day of work at the Montgomery Fair department store by bus. William Pretzer was five years old when Rosa Parks of Montgomery, Alabama, was arrested. It was December 1, 1955. The 42-year-old seamstress was on a city bus, en route home after a day’s work Rosa Parks statue unveiled in Montgomery on the anniversary of arrest The civil rights activist was arrested December 1, 1955, after refusing to give up her seat on a public bus. Dec 2, 2019 Rosa Parks (born February 4, 1913, Tuskegee, Alabama, U.S.—died October 24, 2005, Detroit, Michigan) was an American civil rights activist whose refusal to relinquish her seat on a public bus precipitated the 1955–56 Montgomery bus boycott in Alabama, which became the spark that ignited the civil rights movement in the United States. On 1 December 1955, Rosa Parks was arrested in Alabama for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white man. Discover how her act of defiance sparked the US civil rights movement. Rosa Parks Arrest Report, December 1, 1955 Author: Montgomery Alabama Police Department Keywords: Civil Rights Movement, Southern Freedom Movement, segregation, Rosa Parks, Alabama, Montgomery Bus Boycott Created Date: 9/20/2014 12:20:06 PM Get AP's first personalized newsletter delivering you entertainment news twice a week. See All Newsletters. New memorial to depict Rosa Parks at spot of 1955 arrest. Rosa Parks was born Rosa Louise McCauley in Tuskegee, Alabama, on February 4, 1913, to Leona (née Edwards), a teacher, and James McCauley, a carpenter.In addition to African ancestry, one of Parks's great-grandfathers was Scots-Irish, and one of her great-grandmothers was a part–Native American slave. Traffic crashes skyrocket in 1924, Prohibition ends in 1933, Rosa Parks’ arrest sparks boycott in 1955, New Castle County school desegregation in 1993. several news outlets report. The Trump Rosa Parks, a Black seamstress, was arrested after refusing to give up her seat to a white man on a Montgomery, Alabama, city bus; the incident sparked a yearlong boycott of the buses and helped
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