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Rosa Parks Arrested
She refused to move when a white man got on the bus and couldn't find a seat. The bus driver called police; she was arrested and put in jail. Martin Luther King Jr. and other leaders organized a boycott for the day of Rosa's trial. -
Rosa Parks trial; boycott begins
Rosa is found guilty of not obeying the laws of segregation. She is fined $10 or 14 days of hard labor. The decision is appealled. The boycott is so successful that leaders decide to continue the boycott until all their demands are met: courtesy towards African Americans by drivers, black bus drivers on dominant black routes, seating on a first-come, first-seved basis. -
Rosa Parks + 88 others were arrested for boycotting
Rosa Parks and eighty-seven others are arrested for boycotting which was illegal. The brought world attention to the Montgomery, AL bus boycott. -
Federal courts say bus segregation is wrong.
Montgomery city commissioner appeals to the U. S. Supreme Court. -
Supreme court agree with federal decision.
No more appeals are allowed -
Buses must be integrated by law; boycott ends.
Rosa decided to stay home that day to take care of her mother. The boycott lasted 381 days