Rosa Parks Bus Boycott Primary Sources. Escape will cancel and close the window. Rosa parks, a negro seamstress employed by a downtown department store.

Library rosa parks and the montgomery bus boycott.

Was the first president of the mongomery improvement association, which organized the montgomery bus boycott of 1955. Bus boycott was gaining more attention around the country. This form does not collect any actual information. Equal rights for black and white passengers. On december 1, 1955, rosa parks was tired of having to give up her bus seat and she said no to a white person. The montgomery bus boycott was not only successful because of parks and other civil rights leaders, but also because of many unsung heroes — mostly women — who stopped riding the. Her actions spurred the montgomery bus boycott, which ultimately led to the desegregation of buses within the city. This week marked 65 years since rosa parks refused to give up her seat on a public bus in montgomery, alabama. Leaders of the boycott formed the montgomery improvement association (mia) a more organized group that called for a continuation of the boycott. Rosa parks was arrested on december 1 of 1955, a thursday. If white people didn't have enought seats, they could take black seats!