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Rosa Parks Before
Rosa Parks was born on the fourth of February, 1913 in Tuskegee, Alabama. When she grew older, she became an activist and did what she could do to help people. Photo -
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Rosa Parks Refuses Her Seat
In Montgomery, Alabama, Rosa Parks sits in a bus with mostly empty seats. When more people start entering the bus, the bus driver orders the blacks to give up their seat for the whites. They all comply except Rosa Parks who stays in her seat, refusing to move. The bus driver is forced to bring in cops who then arrest her. Photo
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Montgomery Bus Boycott
After the arrest and bailing of Rosa Parks, E.D. Nixon, part of the NAACP, thought that the recent events concerning Rosa Parks could be used in their favor, and decided that it was the best time to organize a large movement. Lead by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, the Montgomery Bus Boycott lasted 380 days until the bus segregation laws were finally lifted as they were deemed unconstitutional by the U.S Supreme Court. Link text -
Montgomery Bus Boycott Effects
The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a nonviolent act of protest that spurred many people, and in the end it finally achieved what it was hoping for, but there was still a long way to go. The event proved that you can peacefully change and fight against injustice. Most future Civil Rights movements followed the Montgomery Bus Boycott's example. Photo
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Browder v. Gayle
Browder v. Gayle was a case about four black women who were mistreated on the city's buses. The case went all the way to the U.S Supreme Court, where the segregation of colored and whites was deemed unconstitutional. Link text
