Montgomery Bus Boycott

Yes

Rosa Parks was an African-American.Awhile ago,African-Americans and White people's rights weren't equal,and African-Americans were treated badly.All African-Americans had to sit on the back of the bus,and White people got the front.If an African-American was on the bus first,and sat in the front,and then a white person got on,you had to give up your seat for them.But one day,when Rosa was sitting in the front,and a White person got on the bus,she refused to give up her seat.She felt that African-Americans were not being treated fairly,so she stood up for what she believed.She did get taken to jail.But after,many marches were held.Also,Martin Luther King Jr. made his speech.Many African-Americans boycotted buses,which means to stop going on buses.So,because Rosa didnt give up her seat,and went to jail,many African-Americans were upset with the situation.They didnt like that she was taken to jail.So they boycotted the buses to make things fair.So,people blamed Rosa for the boycotting.

Jo Ann Robinson (President, Women's Political Council)
E. D. Nixon (President, local chapter of NAACP)
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (Elected President of the Montgomery Improvement Association)
Ralph Abernathy (Vice-President of association)
Johnnie Carr (civil rights leader, succeeded Dr. King as President)


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Martin Luther King Jr.

Rosa Parks, the "mother of the civil rights movement" was one of the most important citizens of the 20th century. Mrs. Parks was a seamstress in Montgomery, Alabama when, in December of 1955, she refused to give up her seat on a city bus to a white passenger. The bus driver had her arrested. She was tried and convicted of violating a local ordinance. Her act sparked a citywide boycott of the bus system by blacks that lasted more than a year. The boycott raised an unknown clergyman named Martin Luther King, Jr., to national prominence and resulted in the U.S. Supreme Court decision outlawing segregation on city buses. Over the next four decades, she helped make her fellow Americans aware of the history of the civil rights struggle. This pioneer in the struggle for racial equality was the recipient of innumerable honors, including the Martin Luther King Jr. Nonviolent Peace Prize and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Her example remains an inspiration to freedom-loving people everywhere.

The reason the Montgomery bus boycott lasted more than a year, from December 5, 1955 until December 20, 1956, is that the city refused to integrate buses until the US Supreme Court declared its policy was unconstitutional in the case of Browder v. Gayle,(1956). Although the Court's decision was released on November 13, 1956, the city didn't desegregate until it was served with a court order on December 20.

Short term: The success of the Montgomery Bus Boycott included raising the spotlight on Martin Luther King Jr., who had been a big help in organizing the boycott. Additionally, when the African-American population in Tallahassee, Florida saw how monumental the Montgomery Bus Boycott turned out to be, they decided to give it a try. They're boycott lasted from May 27, 1956 to March of 1958.

Long term: This one is a little more obvious. African-Americans now have the same rights as any white person in the United states, and racism is not the way it was in the 50's and 60's, although it is still around.

a big discrimination in that time period

The Montgomery bus boycott was resolved through a combination of legal challenges and sustained activism. After over a year of boycotting, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in December 1956 that segregation on public buses was unconstitutional, effectively ending the boycott. This decision was a significant victory for the Civil Rights Movement and demonstrated the effectiveness of nonviolent protest and grassroots organizing. The boycott concluded with the integration of buses in Montgomery, marking a pivotal moment in the struggle for civil rights.

The Montgomery bus boycott allowed for a push in the Civil Rights movement for African Americans. Without this boycott, then African Americans would of gained equal later then they did.

its ended on dec 20 , 1956

They started when Rosa Parks was arrested for not giving up her seat on a bus.

The six effects of the Montgomery Bus Boycott included firing of buses, killings, bombing of churches, employment blacklisting, increased activism, and many others.

I'd say yes. A boycott is simply a refusal to do something that is handed out to you. You can quite easily boycott a punishment. I had an animated discussion about this with my teacher!

Yes the Montgomery bus boycott did achieve its goals .