Rosa+Parks+RefusesTo+GIve+Her+Seat



When/Where this event took place? Who was involved? What happened during this event? What is the significance of this event on the Civil Rights Movement? On a scale of 1 (low) to 10 (high) how great of an impact do you think this event had on the Civil Rights Movement?
 * This whole situation took place in Montgomery, Alabama December 1, 1955. On the Montgomery city bus.
 * The people who were involved included: a white man, bus driver and of course Rosa Parks.
 * What had happened was that people were going to or from work on the bus. That he sat just behind the 10 seats that were reserved for the whites. Soon enough all the seats were taken by the people. When a white man entered and the seats were token, the bus driver demanded that all 4 whites who were sitting there to give up there seats so he can sit there. Rosa Parks refused to do so and got arrested and convicted of violating the Jim Crow Laws.
 * The effects that this caused segregation to end. What had happened was that when she got arrested the word spread. Later on everybody knew that she got arrested for standing up for her rights. With them knowing that the major popularity on the buses was blacks they decided to boycott the buses. This boycott lasted a very long time and was very successful. With Dr.King and Rosas help all the blacks made it threw segregation
 * On a scale from one to ten of how high of an impact it was I give it an eight. I chose to give it eight because with her support she helped the civil rights move forward. She stood up for her rights and showed that African Americans had rights too. She helped them gain more confidence and get threw it.
 * WHY WAS IT IMPORTANT TO USE NON VIOLENCE?

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