An African American woman, Rosa Parks, was jailed in 1955 for not giving up her seat on a bus for white people who boarded after her. Why was Rosa Parks jailed? Her Miranda rights were violated. Transportation resources were legally segregated. Her right to privacy was not established. Transportation resources were separate but equal.

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An African American woman, Rosa Parks, was jailed in 1955 for not giving up her seat on a bus for white people who boarded after her. Why was Rosa Parks jailed? Her Miranda rights were violated. Transportation resources were legally segregated. Her right to privacy was not established. Transportation resources were separate but equal.

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Transportation resources were legally segregated

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Rosa parks was an American civil rights activist famous for her role in the Montgomery bus boycott. She is also called " The mother of the freedom" and " the first lady of civil rights"

She was jailed because she sat down and refused to give up her seat to a white passenger. By doing so she disobeyed an Alabama law which required black people to leave their seats to white people when the bus was full. Although she was not the fist person do so.