The buses served as public transportation to the people living in and around Montgomery, Alabama. The 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. Sit ins at all White lunch counters, marches, and demonstrations forced the government to act.
African American integrate its buses.
They hoped to use economic pressure to end segregation on the buses.
The Montgomery, Alabama, city buses were desegregated on December 20, 1956, as the result of a court order arising from the Supreme Court's decision in Browder v. Gayle, (1956).
they boycotted the buses they refused to ride segregated buses
they refused to ride segregated buses (Apex2021)
African American integrate its buses.
An organised group determined NOT to use the buses in Montgomery.
Racial segregation on the Montgomery city buses
They hoped to use economic pressure to end segregation on the buses.
In January of 1959 desegregation on buses in Montgomery, Alabama ended. A group of ministers challenged the segregation law and the federal district court ruled in favor of the ministers.
The Montgomery, Alabama, city buses were desegregated on December 20, 1956, as the result of a court order arising from the Supreme Court's decision in Browder v. Gayle, (1956).
The main type of pressure exerted by the Montgomery Improvement Association in response to segregation on buses was a bus boycott. African American residents of Montgomery refused to ride the buses, which put economic pressure on the bus company and ultimately led to changes in the segregation policy.
they boycotted the buses they refused to ride segregated buses
The Montgomery Bus Boycott and Freedom Rides were both in related because both events were used as protest against the racial segregation on public buses. Those in the Montgomery Bus Boycott protested by refusing to ride the buses, while the Freedom Rides were people who rode interstate buses into the segregated south.
they refused to ride segregated buses (Apex2021)
They protested by not riding city buses.
They had to sit in the backs only section