Alabama in 1955-1956 was a very significant time in American history.  This was the time of the Montgomery Bus Boycott.^[1]  The event most remembered by the public occurred on Thursday, December 1st, 1955.  Rosa Parks, a citizen of Montgomery, sat down in the fifth row of a public city bus, the first row African-Americans were allowed to occupy.  Then, as the first 4 rows filled and another white person got on the bus, The 3 African-Americans in the fifth row were asked to move. Two of them complied, but Rosa Parks erfused to move.  She was tried and sent to prison.^[2]  This enraged the public of African-Americans .  The night of Rosa's arrest, Jo Ann Robinson started to plan a one-day bus boycott.  She urged African-Americans to stay off the city buses the next Monday