Rosa Parks, on her way home from work was tired and refused to give up her seat for a white man. It sparked a series of boycotts and peaceful demonstrations that became the Civil Rights Movement.
Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white man on a Montgomery, Alabama, city bus on December 1, 1955. The incident outraged the African-American community and lead to a 381-day boycott of the Montgomery buses.
Claudette Colvin and Rosa Parks both refused to give up their seats for a white person on separate occasions. Both were arrested and charged.
because she didnt feel the need to move just because the person was white
Rosa Parks was the African-American who refused to give up her seat on the bus.
Rosa Parks.
she said 'no'.
me
1st December 1955
She refused to give up her seat in the front of city bus for a white person that had just entered the bus and wanted her seat.
yes
When Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus.
she didn't she refused so was arrested
Rosa Parks refused to move on a bus.
Rosa Parks
she said 'no'.
me
When Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus.
James black
1st December 1955
Dwight D. Eisenhower.
She refused to give up her seat in the front of city bus for a white person that had just entered the bus and wanted her seat.
yes