How Did Rosa Parks Affect The Civil Rights Movement

Rosa Parks was an inspiring colored women who refused to give up her seat on the bus to a white man on December 1st, 1955. Because Parks did not give up her seat, She was arrested and fines a total of $14. This started a boycott 4 days later. All African Americans boycotted buses until the government complied with their demand of integration. This boycott persisted for over a year, starting December 5th, 1955 and coming to an end on December 20th, 1956. During this time, African Americans did not use the bus under any circumstances. They chose to walk most of the time, or they took a cab. The cab drivers only charged 10 cent for African American riders because that’s how much they would’ve paid on the bus. After about a year, the government decided that segregation on the bus contradicted the 14th amendment. Although this changed segregation on the buses, it didn’t end anywhere else. There were still different stores, bus stops, etc, for people of color. Non-colored people did not like the idea of colored people being treated equally, they met the matter with retaliation and violence. People started bombing the bus stops, houses, etc. Martin Luther King Jr.’s house was bombed, but luckily, no one was killed or injured. People were also bombing churches, 4 in total. This was not the reaction that the government had expected, at all. The Montgomery

The 24 year old pastor was elected president of the boycott within the year of 1955-1956. After the boycott, King helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, which lead him to his famous speech “I have a dream”. The boycott also helped shed light onto the civil rights movement. Rosa Parks was not the first person to refuse to give up her seat on the bus. A young woman named Claudette refused to give up her seat and was arrested and charged, the same as Rosa Parks. But, after Rosa Parks was arrested, the people (African Americans) had had