8 Chapter 4 Riding the Bus

Chapter 4 Riding the Bus Martin started his job as the pastor of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church on September 1, 1954. In his sermons, he persuaded church members to register to vote. Voting was one way to change unjust laws. He also encouraged them to join the NAACP—the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. The NAACP is one of the oldest civil rights groups in the United States. It was formed on February 12, 1909. Its purpose is to help minorities get equal and fair treatment when they look for a job, buy a home, or apply to a school. These are just a few examples of civil rights. After living in Montgomery for about a year, Coretta gave birth to a little girl—Yolanda Denise.

1954年9月1日，马丁开始了他在德克斯特大道浸信会教堂的牧师工作。 在他的布道中，他说服教会成员登记投票。 投票是改变不公正法律的一种方式。 他还鼓励他们加入全国有色人种协进会(naacp)。 NAACP是美国历史最悠久的民权组织之一。 它成立于1909年2月12日。 其目的是帮助少数民族在找工作、买房或申请学校时获得平等和公平的待遇。 这些只是民权的几个例子。 在蒙哥马利生活了大约一年后，科雷塔生下了一个小女孩——约兰达·丹尼斯。

Martin called her Yoki for short. Now the Kings were a family. Only two weeks after Yolanda was born, something happened that changed U.S. history. On December 1, 1955, a forty-two-year-old black woman named Rosa Parks got on a bus in Montgomery. Instead of going to the back of the bus, she sat down in a seat at the front. The bus

马丁简称她为Yoki。 现在国王是一个家庭。 约兰达出生两周后，发生了一件改变了美国的事情 历史。1955年12月1日，一位名叫罗莎·帕克斯的42岁黑人妇女在蒙哥马利上了一辆公共汽车。 她没有坐在公共汽车的后面，而是坐在了前面的一个座位上。 公共汽车

driver told her to move. But Rosa Parks refused, and she was arrested. ROSA PARKS ROSA PARKS WAS BORN IN TUSKEGEE, ALABAMA, On FEBRUARY 4, 1913. AFTER ROSA'S PARENTS SEPARATED, SHE AND

司机叫她走开。但是罗莎·帕克斯拒绝了，她被逮捕了。 罗莎·帕克斯1913年2月4日出生在阿拉巴马州的塔斯基吉。 罗莎的父母分居后，她和

HER MOTHER MOVED TO THE FARM WHERE ROSA'S GRANDPARENTS LIVED. ROSA WAS HOMESCHOOLED UNTIL SHE WAS ELEVEN. SHE BEGAN HIGH SCHOOL, BUT SHE HAD TO DROP OUT TO TAKE CARE OF HER SICK GRANDMOTHER. IT WASN'T UNTIL AFTER SHE WAS MARRIED THAT SHE FINISHED HIGH SCHOOL. BY 1943, ROSA HAD BECOME ACTIVE In THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT. SHE JOINED HER LOCAL NAACP CHAPTER AND THE VOTERS' LEAGUE. ROSA WORKED AS A SEAMSTRESS AT A DEPARTMENT STORE. SHE RODE THE PUBLIC BUS TO AND FROM WORK. AFTER HER ARREST On DECEMBER 1, 1955, SHE SPENT THE NIGHT In JAIL. SOME PEOPLE SAID THAT ROSA DID NOT GIVE UP HER SEAT BECAUSE SHE

她的母亲搬到了罗莎祖父母住的农场。 罗莎11岁前一直在家上学。 她开始上高中，但为了照顾生病的祖母，她不得不辍学。 她直到结婚后才完成高中学业。 到1943年，罗莎开始积极参与民权运动。 她加入了当地的naacp分会和选民联盟。 罗莎在一家百货公司做裁缝。 她乘公共汽车上下班。 1955年12月1日被捕后，她在监狱里度过了一夜。 有人说罗莎没有让座是因为她

WAS TIRED. ROSA SAID THAT THEY WERE RIGHT-SHE WAS TIRED OF GIVING In! ALMOST ONE HUNDRED YEARS EARLIER, THE CIVIL WAR HAD ENDED AND SLAVERY WAS ABOLISHED. BLACK PEOPLE WERE NO LONGER SLAVES, BUT In MANY PLACES REAL CHANGE DID NOT COME UNTIL THE 1950S AND 1960S, WHEN MORE BLACK PEOPLE BEGAN DEMANDING THEIR RIGHTS. MANY PEOPLE THINK THAT ROSA PARKS'S PROTEST---THAT ONE LITTLE ACT-WAS THE START OF THE MODERN CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT.

累了。罗莎说他们是对的——她已经厌倦了让步!大约一百年前，内战结束，奴隶制被废除。 黑人不再是奴隶，但在许多地方，直到20世纪50年代和60年代，当更多的黑人开始要求他们的权利时，真正的改变才出现。 许多人认为罗莎·帕克斯的抗议——一个小小的举动——是现代民权运动的开端。

Black leaders, including Martin Luther King, Jr., met to discuss Rosa Parks's arrest. Martin and the others came up with a plan. They would not ride the city buses to school or to work. This kind of protest is called a boycott. If the blacks of Montgomery stopped riding the buses, then the bus company would lose money. Perhaps then the government would change the laws.

包括马丁·路德·金在内的黑人领袖开会讨论罗莎·帕克斯被捕一事。 马丁和其他人想出了一个计划。 他们不再乘公交车上学或上班。 这种抗议被称为抵制。 如果蒙哥马利的黑人不再乘坐公共汽车，那么公共汽车公司就会赔钱。 也许到那时，政府会修改法律。