How Did Rosa Parks Start The Civil Rights Movement

On December 1, 1955 a young woman born in Tuskegee, Alabama striked one of the greatest disputes in American history. Rosa Parks, an African American woman, was sitting down on a bus and when asked to move for a white male she refused. As a result, Parks was arrested for defying the southern custom that required African Americans to give up seats toward the front of the buses to whites. Little did Parks know this would start the Civil Rights Movement that lasted from 1955 to 1968. Inspired by Rosa, other African Americans who felt discriminated against, began to boycott the city’s busses. The boycott lasted for over a year and demonstrated the determination of the black residents.