Rosa parks bus driver james blake

How general motors saved rosa parks the daily beast. Some days later yet another small turnaround fact comes to light. When rosa parks refused to give up her bus seat in 1955, it wasnt the first time shed clashed with driver james blake. Born on april 14, 1912, blake was drafted into the army on december 23, 1943 at fort mcclellan in anniston, alabama. Rosa parks died in 2005 at the age of 92, but the alabama natives refusal to give up her bus seat in 1955, lives on in american history. Comparing jailed kentucky clerk kim davis to rosa parks is an insult to the legacy of the civil rights icon. Alabama officer recalls 1955 arrest of rosa parks ap news. Blake, the bus driver who confronted rosa parks, was born in 1912 and died in 2002. His intention was to get the black passengers to move to the back of the bus basically, it was standard operating procedure. Blake, left the drivers seat and moved imposingly up to the four black passengers. What happened when rosa parks first encountered bus driver.

And the act that made her worldfamous was uttering a single syllable no when a bus driver named james f. The bus driver who had rosa parks arrested mental floss. The only tired i was, was tired of giving in i t was a rainy afternoon in montgomery, alabama. James blake drove the crowded bus that rosa parks boarded james f.

James fred blake april 14, 1912 march 21, 2002 was an american bus driver in montgomery, alabama, whom rosa parks defied in 1955, prompting the montgomery bus boycott. Blake april 14, 1912 march 21, 2002 was the bus driver whom rosa parks defied in 1955, prompting the montgomery bus boycott. But who was the bus driver on the other side of history. Montgomery bus driver james blake ordered parks and three other african americans seated nearby to move move yall, i want those two seats, to the back. On 1 december 1955 in montgomery, alabama, rosa parks refused to obey bus driver james blake s order to give up her seat in the colored section to a white passenger. When her biographer doug brinkley contacted the bus driver from that day, seeking an interview, james f. Parks stepped onto his very crowded bus on a chilly day 12 years. She purportedly entered via the front door of the bus. Yall better make it light on yourselves and let me have those seats. In 1943, 12 years before black history altered and the montgomery bus boycott commenced, rosa l.

Driver of rosa parks bus has front seat to history. Leroy pierce, then a 28yearold montgomery police officer, was the first to arrive on scene when bus driver james blake called police. Despite his marriage after one year of attending high. I had so much trouble with so many bus drivers, parks recalled. Blake april 14, 1912 march 21, 2002 was the bus driver who rosa parks defied in 1955, prompting the montgomery bus boycott. Bus driver blake requested she exit the bus and reenter from the back door. Rosa louise mccauley parks february 4, 19 october 24, 2005 was an american activist in the civil rights movement best known for her pivotal role in the montgomery bus boycott. Blake, the bus driver who asked rosa parks to move to the back of the bus talks about that historic day. Blake s order to give up her seat in the colored section to a white passenger, after the whites. Colorados black history live brings rosa parks story to.