it was about 6:00 in the afternoon I was arrested for refusing to give my seat to a white male passenger on the orders of the bus driver the bus was organized with racial segregation the white passengers to the front in the color to the rear and the bus driver of course would move or rearrange his passengers to his wishes would order some persons to give up their seats for white passengers who had to stand and he ordered did you yes he did and then what happened when I refused to move he had me arrested put
in jail and the bus driver was he very violent or no he wasn't he just called a policeman When U I refused to stand up and what was the attitude of the police well they questioned me about why I refused to give up the seat and when I told them I didn't believe I should have to give up the seat they told me I was under arrest it was all done quite easily or was there violence or anger there was no violence nor anger on the part of any of us involved at that time I
did this because I felt I was being violated as a human being I had had a hard day of work on the job and I was physically tired as well as just mentally vexed and sick of this type of thing we had to endure as a people because of our race it did not seem right it wasn't right and I felt that I was being mistreated we knew that she was going to be convicted uh but what was more important than her case per se whether or not she was convicted or not was the fact
that between the time she was arrested on Thursday and the time of the trial on Monday the black community had become so upset and Disturbed over the bus situation and over Mrs P's arrest until we had concluded that this simply was it the straw that broke the camels back and that we were going to stay off of the buses until we could get some type of consideration I think if there was any one point or one event in the civil rights movement that started in the 50s you can pinpoint it to the momery bus Boyard
and Mrs pars who's here and the and which was symbolized by this courtroom and her conviction in it
