Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat to a white passenger in 1955, sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Witnesses described Parks remaining seated as the bus driver demanded she move to the back, with others expressing shock at her defiance. Her act of civil disobedience highlighted racial segregation and led to a 381-day boycott of the bus system that ultimately resulted in the Supreme Court declaring the Alabama and Montgomery laws requiring segregated buses to be unconstitutional.
Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat to a white passenger in 1955, sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Witnesses described Parks remaining seated as the bus driver demanded she move to the back, with others expressing shock at her defiance. Her act of civil disobedience highlighted racial segregation and led to a 381-day boycott of the bus system that ultimately resulted in the Supreme Court declaring the Alabama and Montgomery laws requiring segregated buses to be unconstitutional.
Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat to a white passenger in 1955, sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Witnesses described Parks remaining seated as the bus driver demanded she move to the back, with others expressing shock at her defiance. Her act of civil disobedience highlighted racial segregation and led to a 381-day boycott of the bus system that ultimately resulted in the Supreme Court declaring the Alabama and Montgomery laws requiring segregated buses to be unconstitutional.