December 1st marks the day that in 1955 Rosa Parks, a black seamstress in Montgomery, Alabama, got on a bus to ride home from work. She was tired and her feet hurt, but there were no seats available at the back of the bus where the black people were supposed to sit. So she sat down in the front part of the bus. When a white man asked her to get up and move, she decided that her feet hurt too badly and refused to move. The bus driver drove the bus to the police station where she was arrested. This was one of many events that gave rise to the Civil Rights movement. Black people in Montgomery boycotted the buses for more than a year after her arrest. After the boycott, racial segregation on city buses was outlawed. Pretend that you are Rosa Parks. You have worked all day and are tired. The law says you must sit in the back of the bus, but all the seats are taken. What would you do? Would you break the law? Why or why not?