Black+History

Rosa Park (1913-2005)

Rosa Park was arrested in December 1st of 1955. She refused to give up her sit to give it to a white man. The moment they took her out of the bus many black people got off as well. You could said she was the cause of the Montgomery boycott. The Montgomery boycott is when the african-americans refused to ride on the bus. She attented the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church where Dr. Martin Luther King was the pastor. This headed to Luther fighting for the rights of the african-american. In December 5th, the trial of Rosa, no african-american used the bus. The bus ecomony went down. Only white people travel in the bus. She influence history by making people want better rights, and have a better life. She started the "Civil Rights Movement" and was called "the mother of the civil rights movement".