It was on December 1st 1955 when it all started with a woman named Rosa Parks. It all started in Montgomery, Alabama where Rosa Parks took the bus everyday to go to work and go back home. Rosa Parks is known by some people and called her the “ Mother of the civil rights movement”. Rosa Parks fought for freedom and equality for African-Americans.



Dear Grandmother,

Well it’s been a year and months that something had occurred and I'm going to tell you what it is and you are not going to believe me. Today is December 30th 1956. On December 1st 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama I was on my way to the bus to get home, I was wearing a dress that goes up to my knees, long sleeve shirt to cover up, and some boots. Then The bus had came and I got in and sat in the 5th row on the right corner side. I was sitting where my skin color African americans friends where sitting at since we can’t sit in the front only white people. In a couple of minutes, the bus was completely crowded and so Joseph Blake, the bus driver, came up to me and asked me to give up my seat for a white person and my answer was “no I won't” it wasn't reserved for anyone. He kept asking me until he finally decided to call the police on me because I refused to give it up.
It has been minutes the bus driver waited until the police showed up. Officer Day and Mixon arrested me for violating the segregation laws just because I didn't gave my seat to the white person. I got booked, fingerprinted, and briefly incarcerated for it and got sent to jail for a night. When I got to jail, It was getting dark, so I needed to ask if I can borrow the telephone, an old fashion phone, to call my mom and tell her what was happening to me, so she won’t be getting so much worried, so they let me borrow it. Once I got to talk on the telephone for a while with my mother her first question was “Did they beat you?”. I am not the only woman or person that got sent to jail grandma.
Other's African American have also been sent to jail for violating the segregation laws on the city buses in Montgomery. My arrest became a rallying point when the African Americans made the accident called the bus boycott. This lasted up to 1 year and 16 days. I am now known as the Mother of Civil rights because I fought for freedom and equality for African Americans. Just like my friend Martin Luther King jr. (known as the president). Finally grandma, I was convicted under the city laws, so my lawyer filed a notice of appeal, while my appeal was tied up in the state court of appeals. There were 3 Judges in the u.s District Court for region that ruled in another case that racial segregation of public buses was now unconstitutional. When all of this happen I felt angry but at the same time happy. First off I felt angry because there was not much we could of do and didn’t have much freedom as the whites, we were only able to do certain amount of things and always be the last people, just like the bus accident all of us where had to be in the back. Second off, I feel happy because I know and all people know that we aren’t doing anything wrong we just want justice, freedom, and equality. These are my moods but most of all I am more happy because I know I became a strong woman just like every one person says. In conclusion, grandma try not to worry much because I'm fine and I'm doing good because of all the people who are supporting me to keep my head up and continue what I’m doing.








Loved by,








Rosa Parks