In Montgomery, Alabama, a bus boycott ended in a victory for African Americans. The Supreme Court ruled that Alabama's segregation laws were unconstitutional. During the boycott, a young African-American Baptist minister, Martin Luther King, Jr., rose to prominence. Throughout the long competition, he advised African Americans to avoid violence, even if it was provoked by whites. Rosa Parks is tired of sitting in the back of the bus and giving up her seat to white men. One tired day, she refused to leave the front of the bus and became one of the heroes of the history of the Civil Rights Act movement. theaters, hotels, hospitals and public establishments of all kinds. This civil rights law also made it easier and safer for blacks in the South to register and vote. Laws were passed to help the poor improve their earning capacity, a program to provide additional help to at-risk children even before they were school age, and a program school training.