In 1943, although Raymond did not approve of it, Parks began working for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). She worked as a secretary and often worked long shifts. Parks really enjoyed working for the NAACP and it turned out to be a great job. Later that year, Parks had his first incident with a bus driver. It was a rainy day and Rosa was waiting for a bus to take her home. When the bus finally arrived, she got on and paid the fare, but instead of getting off the bus and getting back on the bus through the back doors, she walked through the white section of the bus and sat in her chair . Then the bus driver got up and walked toward the back of the bus where Parks was sitting. They demanded that she get off the bus and go through the appropriate doors. "Rosa refused and after much arguing they finally got off the bus and walked home in the pouring rain. "As you can see, at first she was already exhausted from the pushing and shoving. They decided she would walk home. then do what the bus driver told him to do. As Parks once said, “The more they [blacks] gave in and obeyed, the more seriously they treated us. They also said: “…we”. Parks' involvement in the NAACP was immense. She worked with NAACP State President Edgar Daniel Nixon to work on voter registration in Montgomery. The following year, Parks was chosen as secretary of the Montgomery branch. In the 1950s, Parks worked part-time as a seamstress for Virginia and Clifford Durr, who encouraged Rosa in her civil rights work. Before the boycott, the NAACP was trying to do this. to check segregation laws o...... middle of paper ......de that she gets on and off buses for photos. The Montgomery bus boycott lasted a year and sixteen days, “the civil rights movement had begun.” The boycott resulted in the creation of the MIA with Martin Luther King Jr. at its head. The MIA helped change the segregation laws in Montgomery and it is said that they did so because they had no reputation. Not only was another anti-segregation association formed, but Rosa Parks and the bus boycott were said to "...help bring Martin Luther King Jr. to the forefront as a leader of the movement." Not only did Rosa Parks bring a leader to the forefront, they changed a nation. Rosa Parks is considered "...one of the most enduring symbols of the tumultuous civil rights period of the mid-20th century." Rosa Parks sparked a revolution that changed the world for the better and better. is "...widely known as the brother of the civil rights movement"