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Montgomery Bus Boycott
When did the Montgomery bus boycott start and end?
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March 30, 2011 2:15AM
The Montgomery bus boycott began on December 5, 1955, and ended on December 20, 1956, 381 days later.
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creating economic hardship for the company. When African-Americans
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Rosa Parks' arrest, ridership decreased by 80%. The bus company
stubbornly held its ground, however, because they expected local
police and politicians to disrupt the civil rights protest and
dismantle the informal taxi system created by the African-American
community. Both the city and the bus line hoped to coerce
African-Americans into riding the buses instead of changing their
segregation policies.
The boycott finally ended after 381 days, when the US Supreme
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in the case Browder v. Gayle, (1956).
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When did the US Supreme Court end the Montgomery bus boycott by declaring segregation on public buses unconstitutional?

The case Browder v. Gayle, (1956) challenged the state of
Alabama and city of Montgomery's segregation policy on intrastate
bus travel that resulted in the 1955-56 Montgomery bus boycott.
Although Rosa Parks was not a party to the case, her December 1,
1955, arrest for refusing to allow a white man to take her seat was
the catalyst for both the boycott and the Browder case.
The US Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the US District
Court for the Middle District of Alabama in the case of Browder
v. Gayle, on November 13, 1956, and declared segregation
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Montgomery received a court order mandating integration.
Case Citation:
Browder v. Gayle, 352 US 903 (1956)
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On December 1, 1955, when Rosa Parks, a black seamstress,
refused to cooperate with a segregation law. As she boarded a
public bus in Montgomery, Alabama, she took a seat in the
designated "black" rows in the back. When the bus filled up she was
asked to move so that a white man could have her spot. She refused
to give the man her seat and was then arrested. This event sparked
what would become a national movement of resistance to racial
segregation and discrimination. Local black leaders of the NAACP
organized around Parks, who had been a member of the organization
since 1943 and secretary for the local chapter. They decided to
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