Her subsequent arrest by law enforcement sparked the Montgomery bus boycotts, a 13-month protest in Alabama's capital against racial segregation on public transit. As such, some social media users expressed surprise at an online rumor that her husband, Raymond Parks, had a car. "I'm still not over Rosa Parks husband having a car," several posts said. Social media posts spreading the claim were sometimes accompanied by a picture of Rosa and Raymond Parks standing in front of a white car. When asked whether there was any chance Raymond Parks owned a vehicle during the boycotts, Theoharis told Snopes: "No.