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Whose refusal to give up her seat at the front of the bus led to a boycott of the Montgomery Alabama bus system?
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What does the word boycotted mean?
In economic terms, a boycott is a refusal to buy a good or service. Think of Rosa Parks and the Public Transportation System (buses) of Montgomery Alabama.
What us the main idea of the Montgomery boycott?
The African-Americans that lived in Montgomery, Alabama staged a nonviolent protest in the form of a boycott of the Montgomery Bus System. As a result of this nonviolent protest (and the US Supreme Court decision Browder v. Gayle, (1956)), African-Americans were allowed to sit anywhere they wanted on a bus. This effort was a great victory for Dr. Martin Luther King's philosophy of nonviolent protest to change the norms of society that had existed in the South.
How did the members of the black community of Montgomery Alabama try to force a change in the citys practice of racial segregation in 1955?
an boycott of the city's public bus system
What was the bus boycott?
It was a boycott of the Montgomery, Alabama (not Memphis) bus system after Rosa Parks was arrested in 1955. The incident touched off a year long boycott of the bus system by the Black citizens of Montgomery. This created a lot of hardship for them because many of them had no cars and their only means of getting to work, school, and shopping was by bus. In December 1956 the Supreme Court declared Alabama's bus segregation laws unconstitutional.
What historic campaign did king lead in Montgomery Alabama?
The Montgomery Bus Boycott. As a political and social protest against the unjust ways Blacks were being unfairly treated, MLK, Jr. organized a mass boycott of the bus system--a system largely used by Blacks. It had crippling affects on the bus system and was eventually ended a little over a year later.
Montgomery Bus Boycott?
A political and social protest campaign started in 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama, intended to oppose the city's policy of racial segregation on its public transit system. The ensuing struggle lasted from December 5, 1955, to December 21, 1956, and led to a United States Supreme Court decision that declared the Alabama and Montgomery laws requiring segregated buses unconstitutional.
What event happened in 1955 for Martin Luther King Jr.?
king led the black boycott of the Montgomery,Alabama ,bus system this event helped end segregation of blacks and white on public/local buses
How old was Martin Luther King Jr when he was chosen to lead the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
Dr. King lead the Montgomery bus boycott from December 5, 1955 until December 20, 1956, when the city of Montgomery received a court order forcing them to integrate the bus system.
Where was the first electric trolley system built?
Montgomery, Alabama
What year did Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. lead the Montgomery boycott?
Dr. King lead the Montgomery bus boycott from December 5, 1955 until December 20, 1956, when the city of Montgomery received a court order forcing them to integrate the bus system.
What were some victories for the civil rights movement?
After a year boycott in Montgomery Alabama the city bus system gave in to allowing bus rider sit any place in bus. The Brown decision, and the 1964 civil rights act.
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