Sit Down To Stand Up.

Rosa Parks was and African American women who lived in Montgomery, Alabama. On December 1, 1955 Parks made history.

Rosa Parks was 42 years old, and was riding the Cleveland Avenue bus home as usual at around 6 p.m. after a long day of work as a seamstress. In this time period of the 50's, blacks were supposed to sit in the back of the bus so the whites could sit in the front. Also, if you had a seat and a white person came on, then you had to stand and get out from your seat for them. On this day of December 1, Rosa refused to give up her seat which she had already paid the fare and was already sitting in the first row of back seats. She and three other blacks were told to get up out of their seat and move for white people but Parks was tired and did not get up. When she refused, Parks was then arrested, the police man asked the driver if he wanted to let her go with a warning, and the bus driver replied and said to give her a warrant for arrest. Parks was fined for $14. This act parks, paved the way to the beginning of the Montgomery Bus Boycott.