Life of African Americans (After the 1960s) By ivafcon Dec 1, 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat and was arrested. This began the Montgomery Bus Boycott which was the spark of the Civil Rights Movement, and by 1956 the city caved in and desegregated the buses.
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat and was arrested. This began the Montgomery Bus Boycott which was the spark of the Civil Rights Movement, and by 1956 the city caved in and desegregated the buses.