what happend
The Montgomery Bus Boycott
It was a civil rights protest.
Reason Rosa Parks was arrested.
She was arrested because she did not want to give up her seat on the bus.
Rosa Parks was
Rosa Parks was a civil rights activist who refused to give up her seat to a white passenger on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama.
Rosa Parks was born
Rosa Parks was born February 4, 1913.
Rosa Parks died
She died October 24, 2005
The Montgomery Bus Boycott took place
It took place on December 5th, 1995.
The Montgomery Bus Boycott started
The boycott started when Rosa parks was arrested because the blacks wanted to be equal.
The bus driver during the boycott
James Fred Blake was an American bus driver in Montgomery, Alabama, whom Rosa Parks defied in 1955, prompting the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
James Fred Blake was born
James Fred Blake was born April 14, 1912.
James Fred Blake died
He died March 21, 2002.
The Montgomery Bus Boycott ended
It ended on December 20th, 1956.
The protest was so long because
On June 5, 1956, a Montgomery federal court ruled that any law requiring racially segregated seating on buses violated the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Montgomery's buses were integrated on December 21, 1956, and the boycott ended. It had lasted 381 days.
The president at the time was
John F. Kennedy was the president.
Martin Luther King Jr was born
Martin Luther King Jr was born January 15, 1929.
Martin Luther King Jr. died
He died April 4, 1968.
Rosa Parks was arrested
She was arrested on December 1st, 1995.
Rosa Parks did not leave her seat
She didn't believe she should have to move because of her race, even though that was the law.
Who got Rosa Parks arrested
James F. Blake, the Montgomery, Ala., bus driver who had Rosa Parks arrested in 1955 when she refused to give up her seat to a white passenger,
John F. Kennedy was born
John F. Kennedy was born May 29, 1917.
John F. Kennedy died
He died November 22, 1963.
montgomery is the capital of what state
alabama
why was the montgomery bus boycott so important
it was important because it caught the attention of the entire nation. ... Furthermore, the Montgomery Bus Boycott was important because it set the tone for the whole civil rights movement.
who was Claudette Colvin
Claudette Colvin is a retired American nurse aide who was a pioneer of the 1950s civil rights movement. On March 2, 1955, she was arrested at the age of 15 in Montgomery, Alabama, for refusing to give up her seat to a white woman on a crowded, segregated bus.
when was Claudette Colvin born
she was born September 5, 1939
when did Claudette Colvin die