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I personally did not think of how extensive civil rights arrest were.  Many of the civil rights arrests during the 1950s and 1960s went to trial.  Charles Langford was the lawyer who represented Rosa Parks.  I think many people think that people are arrested and then shortly released thereafter.  However, Jim Crow laws were very real and had serious offenses.  The article states that Fred D. Gray and Charles Langford were the only two black lawyers in Montgomery (Charles Langford, 84, Lawyer Who Represented Rosa Parks, Dies).