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On December 1, 1955, a Montgomery, Alabama, bus driver ordered Mrs. Parks to give up her bus seat to a white man. When she refused, she was arrested and fined.
Mrs. Parks' arrest resulted in thousands of leaflets being distributed, calling for a boycott of city buses on Monday, December 5, 1955. Mrs. Parks was convicted of violating local segregation laws, and the bus boycott was extended. The boycott eventually lasted for over a year. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and 89 others were arrested, tried, and convicted for conspiring to conduct the bus boycott.
After Mrs. Parks underwent a court trial and a long series of appeals, the Supreme Court ruled (on November 13, 1956) that segregation on city buses is unconstitutional. Mrs. Parks and the others were represented by Thurgood Marshall (who later became the first African-American on the Supreme Court) and other lawyers. The Supreme Court's decision resulted in the desegregation of buses. Mrs. Parks had won.
Related Page: Rosa Parks Information Page A page on Rosa Parks. |
 Rosa Parks A Printable Worksheet A printable worksheet on Rosa Parks, who sued to protest segregation on city buses in Montgomery, Alabama. The printout has information on Rosa Parks, questions, and a picture to color. Answers: 1. She refused to give her seat up to a white man, 2. Alabama, 3. buses, 4. Martin Luther King, Jr., 5. segregation. |