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  1. An Act of Courage, The Arrest Records of Rosa Parks

    Dec 21, 2016 · Rosa Parks, an African American, was arrested that day for violating a city law requiring racial segregation of public buses. On the city buses of Montgomery, Alabama, the …

  2. Rosa Parks Arrested | The Bus Boycott | Explore | Rosa Parks: In …

    On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks was arrested in Montgomery, Alabama, for disorderly conduct for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white man. Civil Rights leader E. D. Nixon bailed her …

  3. Rosa Parks: Life, Facts & Montgomery Bus Boycott | HISTORY

    Nov 9, 2009 · December 1, 1955: Rosa Parks Is Arrested On Thursday, December 1, 1955, the 42-year-old Rosa Parks was commuting home from a long day of work at the Montgomery Fair …

  4. Arrest Record For Rosa Parks - The Martin Luther King, Jr., …

    On 1 December 1955, Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger on a city bus in Montgomery, Alabama. This single act of nonviolent resistance …

  5. Rosa Parks, the Montgomery Bus Boycott, and the Birth of the …

    Rosa Parks Rosa Parks is fingerprinted in Montgomery, Alabama, on December 1, 1955. She was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a public bus to a white man. Parks's action led to …

  6. The Arrest of Rosa Parks (1 December 1955) - Encyclopedia.com

    THE ARREST OF ROSA PARKS (1 December 1955) The 1 December 1955 refusal of Rosa Louise McCauley Parks (1913–) to surrender her seat to a white man on a municipal bus …

  7. Rosa Parks - Wikipedia

    When Parks was arrested in 1955, local leaders were searching for a person who would be a good legal test case against segregation. She was deemed a suitable candidate, and the …

  8. BIOGRAPHY - Rosa Parks

    After the arrest of Rosa Parks, black people of Montgomery and sympathizers of other races organized and promoted a boycott of the city bus line that lasted 381 days. Dr. Martin Luther …

  9. Rosa Parks' Mugshot: The Surprising True Story

    Apr 6, 2025 · On December 1, 1955, she was famously arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger — triggering the Montgomery bus boycott. But the Rosa Parks mugshot …

  10. Rosa Parks - U.S. National Park Service

    Oct 24, 2005 · Rosa Parks invigorated the struggle for racial equality when she refused to give up her bus seat to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama. Parks' arrest on December 1, 1955 …