In the book of Canaan Land it talks about back in the 1930s - 1980s African American weren’t allowed to do certain things like going to the same bathrooms or even drink out of the same water fountains. African American had to ride on the back of the bus where it said “colored’’ when the buses started to get full they would have to give up their seats to white people. On December 1st, 1955 Rosa Parks boarded a bus in Alabama when she was asked to move out of her seat when she denied to move, a policeman came and placed her under arrest. She was arrested for violating the Alabama bus segregation laws, She was also fined fourteen dollars. The black community of Montgomery united together as the news spread fast around the town and soon after
