“I would like to be known as a person who is concerned about freedom and equality and justice and prosperity for all people.” (N.p, Montgomery Bus Boycott) On Dec 1, 1955 Rosa Parks, an African-American, refused to give up her seat on the bus to a white passenger, as local law required. (N.p, Bus Boycott in Alabama) Rosa Parks was then arrested. (N.p, Bus Boycott in Alabama). Rosa Parks was arrested and convicted of violating the laws of segregation. Known as the Jim Crow laws and the black codes. This was a part of the Civil Rights. Rosa Parks is an African American that started and took place in the Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott. Rosa Parks boarded a Montgomery, Alabama bus when a white male got on the bus and the white section was full. The bus driver told the first row of African Americans to move back a row and every African American did, but Rosa Parks refused she was then arrested and sent to jail. The Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott lasted 381 days
(A&E television networks, Montgomery Bus Boycott). The bus boycott started on December 5, 1955 and went to December 20, 1956 (A&E television networks, Montgomery bus boycott). The boycott of public Montgomery
buses by African Americans began on the day of Rosa Parks' court hearing and lasted 381 days after her court hearing (A&E television networks, Montgomery bus boycott).
(A&E television networks, Montgomery Bus Boycott). The bus boycott started on December 5, 1955 and went to December 20, 1956 (A&E television networks, Montgomery bus boycott). The boycott of public Montgomery
buses by African Americans began on the day of Rosa Parks' court hearing and lasted 381 days after her court hearing (A&E television networks, Montgomery bus boycott).