atlanta georgia the son of a baptist minister and a school teacher dedicated academic he entered morehouse college where he received a degree in sociology later he received a degree in a bachelor's star in divinity and in one thousand fifty five taint a ph d. from boston college that same year would prove to be a pivotal moment in american history it was set the stage for a new era of social justice because on december first one nine hundred fifty five rosa parks was arrested for refusing to sit at the back of the bus in the section designated for blacks despite what we've learned about rosa parks in our history books that she was a woman that decided randomly one day she had enough it's important to realize that revolutions don't happen overnight this was merely the turning point of an ongoing struggle one that had been building for years rosa parks just happen to be the catalyst of a movement on the verge of breaking on the day of the mcgovern bus boycott dr king's stepped up to lead the charge for the next three hundred eighty two days those in the movement were heavily targeted with violence t