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Rosa Parks was arrested on December 1, 1955, for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white man. Ms. Parks was well-respected within the African-American community, arousing outrage at the way she was treated by the bus company and police. African-American community leaders, led by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., met to discuss the situation on December 4, and planned a one-day boycott of the Montgomery public transit system for December 5, 1955. What started as a one-day event eventually stretched 381 days, until December 20, 1956, as the community determined not to ride the buses again until they were integrated.
Rosa Parks unsuccessfully challenged the constitutionality of the segregation law in the Alabama state courts, where the appeals process threatened to drag on for years.
Local attorneys Fred Gray and Charles Lang ford consulted with NAACP Legal Defense Fund attorneys, Robert Carter and Thur good Marshall, whose successful campaign against segregation in education lead to the Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education, (1954). Carter and Marshall suggested choosing a new group of plaintiffs who had been discriminated against and abused by the busing company.
The resulting suit, Browder v. Gayle, (1956), resulted in the Supreme Court affirming the US District Court for the Middle District of Alabama's ruling that the bus segregation was unconstitutional.
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∙ 13y agoThe Montgomery bus boycott began in response to Rosa Parks' December 1, 1955, arrest for refusing to give her seat to a white man.
The original organizers were Jo Ann Robinson, an English instructor at Alabama State College and President of Montgomery's Women's Political Council, and E. D. Nixon, President of the Montgomery chapter of the NAACP.
On December 4, they called a meeting of community leaders to discuss holding a one-day boycott of the Montgomery City Lines, Inc., bus company. During the meeting, the group formed a new alliance, the Montgomery Improvement Association (MIA), to which Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was elected Chairman and President. Dr. King subsequently became the leader of the civil rights action that lasted 381 days, resulting in a US Supreme Court ruling (Browder v. Gayle, (1956)) denouncing segregation as unconstitutional.
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∙ 14y agoThe spark that started the modern Civil Rights Movement occurred in December of 1955. Rosa Parks, a black seamstress, refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man, as Montgomery, Alabama law required. The Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. became the spokesman for the protest that developed and led the Black boycott of the Montgomery Bus system. The result was felt nation wide.
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∙ 13y agoRosa Parks inspired the Montgomery, Alabama, bus boycott held from December 5, 1955 through December 20, 1956, after she was arrested for refusing to give her bus seat to a white man.
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How did the Montgomery bus boycott began?
It began with her not giving up her sitt
Name of Bus Boycott?
The name of the bus boycott was the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
When The Bus Boycott Started?
The Montgomery bus boycott began on December 5, 1955 and ended December 20, 1956, 381 days later.
How many weeks did the Montgomery bus boycott last?
The Montgomery bus boycott began December 5, 1955 and ended December 20, 1956, 54 weeks and 2 days later.
When did the Montgomery Bus Boycott started?
The Montgomery bus boycott began on December 5, 1955 and ended December 20, 1956, 381 days later.
Was the Montgomery Bus Boycott in the 19th century?
No, the Montgomery Bus Boycott was not in the 19th century. It was in the 20th century.
Did the Montgomery bus boycott achieve its goals?
Yes the Montgomery bus boycott did achieve its goals .
When did the Montgomery Bus Boycotte Begin?
The Montgomery bus boycott began December 5, 1955 and ended December 20, 1956, 381 days later.
What yearlong protest was started by the actions of Rosa Parks?
The Montgomery bus boycott
What day did the bus boycott start?
The Montgomery (Alabama) bus boycott began Monday, December 5, 1955 and ended December 20, 1956, 381 days later.
How long was the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
The Montgomery bus boycott ended on December 20, 1956, the day the city of Montgomery received a court order mandating integration of the buses. The boycott began on December 5, 1955 in reaction to Rosa Parks' arrest for refusing to give her bus seat to a white man. In all it lasted 381 days.
Who are all the who were in the Montgomery bus boycott?
no not no
