Rosa Parks was arrested on December 1, 1955, in Montgomery, Alabama, after refusing to give up her bus seat to a white passenger.

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  • Date of arrest: December 1, 1955.
  • Place: Montgomery, Alabama, on a city bus during the evening rush hour.
  • Reason: She was charged with disorderly conduct/refusing to obey the bus driver under local segregation laws when she would not surrender her seat.
  • What followed: Her arrest helped spark the Montgomery Bus Boycott, a 381‑day mass protest that led to a Supreme Court ruling ending bus segregation in the city.

TL;DR: When was Rosa Parks arrested? She was arrested on December 1, 1955, for refusing to give up her seat on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama.

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