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The Montgomery Bus Boycott

Rosa Parks

• Rosa Parks was an African-American woman who was on her way home from a long day of work one afternoon. She sat down in the middle of the bus, which was considered neautral. The back was for blacks and the front was for whites, but it was ok for her to sit in the middle unless a white person wanted the seat, then she would had to move to the back.

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A White Man Wanted her Seat

• When a white man entered the bus and told Rosa Parks to move so he could sit down, she refused. The police were called and Rosa was arrested for breaking the law. Rosa was found guilty on December 5th and was fined.


African-Americans Boycott

• The African-American community was so upset by this unjust act that they decided to boycott the bus system of Montgomery, Alabama. The boycott lasted for 381 days. Many famous people participated like Martin Luther King Jr. and Ralph Abernathy.


Montgomery Lost A Lot of Money

• The city lost a lot of money because black passangers made up a good majority of the bus systems patrons. Also, many of the buses drivers were African-Americans who refuse to drive during the boycott.


Victory and Desegregation

• Finally on November 13th, 1956 the Supreme Court ruled the segregation of buses in Montgomery unconstitutional. This lead to a city ordinance that said African-Americans could sit basically wherever they wanted on the bus. Martin Luther King Jr. capped the victory with a big speech to help encourage acceptance of the decision.


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