Rosa Parks was born in 1913 in Alabama and worked as a seamstress. On December 1, 1955, Parks refused to give up her seat to a white passenger on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama, leading to her arrest. In response, the black community organized a bus boycott led by Martin Luther King Jr. that lasted over a year, ultimately resulting in the Supreme Court ruling that bus segregation was unconstitutional.

1. Rosa Parks and the Bus Boycott Lisa Vega

2. Rosa Parks Born Rosa Louise McCauley on February 4, 1913 in Tuskegee, Alabama Father is a carpenter Mother is a teacher Younger brother's name is Sylvester At age 5, her parents separate She moves to Pine Level, Alabama, a small town near Montgomery. Home schooled by her mother until she is 11. Then she attends Industrial School for Girls in Montgomery, Alabama then attends the Alabama State Teachers College Drops out to help her sick grandmother and mother and doesn't get high school diploma until she is 21.

3. Rosa Parks Takes Civil Rights Action Marries Raymond Parks. The couple join the campaign to save the 'Scottsboro Boys' which were nine young black men accused of raping two white teenagers near Scottsboro, Alabama, in 1931. Works at Maxwell Air Force Base which was desegregated. After work, she rode home on a segregated bus, everyday Joins the Montgomery chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and becomes secretary of president.

4. The Bus Incident Bus was set up where whites sat in the front of the bus and blacks sat in the back

5. December 1, 1955 At the age of 42, Rosa boarded a bus after work and sat in the middle of the bus. When the bus was filled, Rosa and three other blacks were asked to give up their seats. Rosa quietly refused to move. This was not spontaneous and not pre-meditated. She appealed the charges.

6. The Bus Boycott Martin Luther King Jr. got an overwhelming response to the idea of boycotting the buses. On December 5th, African Americans refused to ride the buses causing an issue with the economy. Dr.King and other African American leaders organized the Montgomery Improvement Association. Whites fought back through harassment.

7. Blacks who car-pooled caused the drivers to be arrested for picking up hitch-hikers. Blacks who stood on the streets waiting for rides were arrested for “loitering” The boycott lasted for over a year (381 days) until the Supreme Court declared on November 13, 1956 that segregation on public buses was illegal in Alabama. The following morning, Dr.King and Rev. Glen Smiley (a white guy) shared the front seat of a public bus.