Title: Rosa Parks and the bus to freedom
Description: On a December day in 1955, Rosa Parks, a black seamstress in Montgomery, Alabama, refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man. She was arrested, jailed, and tried for the crime of breaking the laws of segregation.
Subjects: Race relations, African American women, Segregation in transportation, African Americans, Biography, History
Places: Alabama, Montgomery (Ala.), Montgomery
People: Rosa Parks (1913-2005)
Time periods: 20th century