The Beginning Of The Bus Boycott
December 1, 1955
Rosa Parks is sitting on a bus after a long day of work when a white man tells Rosa to get up, so he could sit down. Rosa Parks refused multiple times. The bus driver had to get involved he asked Rosa Parks to get up she refused again. She told the police officer that, “Her feet were tired.” The bus driver called the police, and Rosa Parks was taken off the bus to the police station. When she got there the officers took her fingerprints, and she was arrested.
Rosa Parks was sitting on the front of the bus, which wasn’t allowed. “Colored Folks” were not allowed to sit at the front of the bus, Not only was Mrs. Parks sitting on the front of the bus she didn’t get up for the white man who asked her to get up. No matter where you were on the bus front, or back if you were colored, and you didn’t get up when a white person asked you to your butt was going to be in some big trouble, just like Mrs. Parks.
Dr. King heard about the arrest of Mrs. Parks, and he encouraged blacks all over to boycott the buses. On December 4, 1955 the bus boycott plan was discussed in black churches in Montgomery. On December 5, 1955 Parks was tried on charges of disorderly conduct and violating a local ordinance. Parks was found guilty and fined a total of $14. Dr. King, and other civil rights leaders, asked blacks not to ride the buses on December 5, 1955 because of the Parks trial. The boycott was successful for blacks they got change out of it, it lasted from December 5, 1955 to December 20, 1956, 381 days.
Rosa Parks is sitting on a bus after a long day of work when a white man tells Rosa to get up, so he could sit down. Rosa Parks refused multiple times. The bus driver had to get involved he asked Rosa Parks to get up she refused again. She told the police officer that, “Her feet were tired.” The bus driver called the police, and Rosa Parks was taken off the bus to the police station. When she got there the officers took her fingerprints, and she was arrested.
Rosa Parks was sitting on the front of the bus, which wasn’t allowed. “Colored Folks” were not allowed to sit at the front of the bus, Not only was Mrs. Parks sitting on the front of the bus she didn’t get up for the white man who asked her to get up. No matter where you were on the bus front, or back if you were colored, and you didn’t get up when a white person asked you to your butt was going to be in some big trouble, just like Mrs. Parks.
Dr. King heard about the arrest of Mrs. Parks, and he encouraged blacks all over to boycott the buses. On December 4, 1955 the bus boycott plan was discussed in black churches in Montgomery. On December 5, 1955 Parks was tried on charges of disorderly conduct and violating a local ordinance. Parks was found guilty and fined a total of $14. Dr. King, and other civil rights leaders, asked blacks not to ride the buses on December 5, 1955 because of the Parks trial. The boycott was successful for blacks they got change out of it, it lasted from December 5, 1955 to December 20, 1956, 381 days.