Bus boycotts happened for 15 days between December 5, 1955- December 20,1956. The original event which sparked the event happened four days before it. Rosa Parks was sitting on a bus in Montgomery. She was sitting in the ‘coloured’ section of the bus. She was returning from work. The white section was full so the bus driver, J. Blake, asked Rosa to get up to let a white person to sit down but she refused to do so. The result was her getting arrested. She had to pay a fine of $10 plus $4 court fees. This sparked an outrage in the African-American community in Alabama. After the event, African American leaders came together to discuss what to do. The leaders launched the boycott in church on Sunday, December the 4th. They launched it by putting
