Who was Dr. Martin Luther King

In 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama, an African-American woman named Rosa Parks was arrested for not given up her seat on a public city bus to a White male passenger. She was charged with civil disobedience for violating Alabama segregation laws. The outraged African-American citizens led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. began the historic “Montgomery Bus Boycott”. This is when African-Americans did not take the buses but instead hitched rides, walked, rode bikes or drove as a way to protest the unfair treatment that they received. Over a period of time this hurt the city’s ability to earn money so eventually the law was changed to remove the restrictions on African-Americans to have equal rights on public transportation.

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In 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama, an African-American woman named Rosa Parks was arrested for not given up her seat on a public city bus to a White male passenger. She was charged with civil disobedience for violating Alabama segregation laws. The outraged African-American citizens led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. began the historic "Montgomery Bus Boycott". This is when African-Americans did not take the buses but instead hitched rides, walked, rode bikes or drove as a way to protest the unfair treatment that they received. Over a period of time this hurt the city's ability to earn money so eventually the law was changed to remove the restrictions on African-Americans to have equal rights on public transportation.

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