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Montgomery Bus Boycott
The Montgomery Bus Boycott was an important episode in the U.S. civil rights movement. The campaign began when Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white passenger on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama. The boycott resulted in the Supreme Court ruling that Montgomery laws requiring segregated buses was unconstitutional.
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How long was the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
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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.
What civil rights organization was formed after the Montgomery bus boycott?
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Southern Christian Leadership Conference
About how long after the Montgomery bus boycott did Martin Luther King Jr. receive the Nobel Peace Prize?
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Dr. King received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964; the Montgomery bus boycott ended in 1956. Approximately eight years elapsed between the two events.
Please note that the Prize was awarded for his non-violent contribution to and leadership of the civil rights movement in the United States, in total, not just for the historic bus boycott.
During the Montgomery bus boycott were the snipers black or white?
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Considering the snipers started almost immediately after the White Citizens' Council predicted violence related to the bus boycott, the snipers were most likely all white. African-Americans would have no reason to shoot at people trying to advance their civil rights. Many white citizens feared the prospect of integration; that's the only group with motivation to try to end the boycott with violence.
Not all white people were bigoted or dangerous, but certain members of the that population used intimidation, violence and murder against African-Americans and other people who tried to promote African-Americans' civil rights in the South. The Ku Klux Klan was especially active during this era.
What is a poem about Rosa Parks and the Montgomery bus boycott?
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Rosa was a little tired after work in December
She hopped on the bus, a ride to remember
Paid in the front, and boarded in the back
Rosa got herself a seat, but the bus was packed. A man thought he had more right than her to the seat that she sat in
She was a little tired from workin'
and very tired of being judged, by the color of her skin
Rosa wouldn't get up, so they threw her in the slammer
This happened a lot down in Montgomery, Alabama But she was well known in the African American Community
Used to work for the President of the NAACP
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was the pastor of a local church
Called a meeting and said, the only way to fight is for
no one, to ride the bus to work.
She believed that "Quiet Strength" was the "Pathway to Freedom" It took a year for the Supreme Court to agree with her
Segregation on transportation is unconstitutional
In the land of the free, separate can't be equalMother of the Civil Rights Movement
She wears the crown
Standing up for her rights just by sitting down
Rosa Parks, can't you see you changed history
As a nation we are grateful for eternity Like a rose, your lesson grows more and more each day
The bus you rode has miles to go but we are on our way to be free
One woman holding a candle in the dark
and her name was Rosa Parks
What day did Rosa get known for standing up for herself in the bus ride?
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she was known for sanding up for herself in the day of December 1, 1955 during the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
How many days did the Montgomery bus boycott last?
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The Montgomery bus boycott began on December 5, 1955 and ended 381 days later on December 20, 1956, after the US Supreme Court declared segregated busing unconstitutional in Browder v. Gayle, (1956).
How was the boycott successful?
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Most business people do not want to lose money, so they have a tendency to give in, If they are losing enough money to make a difference as a result of the boycott. If they are not losing a substantial amount of money due to the boycott, the will continue to do business as usual.
How the Montgomery public buses where onece prejudiced?
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They had the segregation laws applied until Rosa Parks began with the boycott.
