1950's

  • My Grandfather's Roger (Skeet) Waddell's Birth.

  • My Grandmother Rose Waddell (Rose Hopper's) Birth.

  • Rosa Parks Is Arrested.

    On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks, a black seamstress, was arrested in Montgomery, Alabama for refusing to give up her bus seat so that white passengers could sit in it.
  • The Montgomery Bus Boycott Begins

    The Montgomery bus boycott was a political and social protest campaign against the policy of racial segregation on the public transit system of Montgomery, Alabama. It was a foundational event in the civil rights movement in the United States.
  • The Montgomery Bus Boycott Ends