The Montgomery Bus Boycott
The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a year-long boycott against the laws against bus seating. On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man. She was sitting in the fifth row with two other African-Americans. This was one of the many boycotts she took part in. At this current time it was a law that black people had to get up for white people when there weren't any other seats available on the bus or a white person wanted to sit in that seat. This law was only one of the many harsh laws against African-Americans.
Due to this uprising Rosa was sent to jail. She spent one night there, and had to pay a fine of ten dollars. She was tried 4 days later on December fifth. When the reverand of Rosa's church and the president of the president of the NAACP in Montgomery, Reverand E.B. Nixon, heard of this he planned a protest to happen right in front of the court house that day.They also had signs up that said, "Don't ride the bus today, don't ride it for freedom." After 381 days of protesting the supreme court finally found it was unconstitutional to seperate blacks from whites on a bus. Although that law was found unconstitutional Rosa was still found guilty.
Due to this uprising Rosa was sent to jail. She spent one night there, and had to pay a fine of ten dollars. She was tried 4 days later on December fifth. When the reverand of Rosa's church and the president of the president of the NAACP in Montgomery, Reverand E.B. Nixon, heard of this he planned a protest to happen right in front of the court house that day.They also had signs up that said, "Don't ride the bus today, don't ride it for freedom." After 381 days of protesting the supreme court finally found it was unconstitutional to seperate blacks from whites on a bus. Although that law was found unconstitutional Rosa was still found guilty.
