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The Montgomery Bus Boycott

            The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a year-long protest in Montgomery, Alabama. It influenced the American Civil Rights Movement and led to a 1956 decision by the Supreme Court of the United States which made segregated seating on buses unconstitutional. There were three effects that the Montgomery Bus Boycott had on the Civil Rights movement. One important effect was the leadership of Martin Luther King Jr. who showed that nonviolent protest can succeed. Another effect was the unification of schools and universities that went against the segregation by participating in "sit-ins". The third effect was the Civil Rights Laws that made segregation illegal. These were the three effects that the Montgomery Bus Boycott had on the civil rights movement. .
             One important leader who contributed to the Montgomery Bus Boycott was Martin Luther King Jr. He had a big impact on the desegregation of the United States in the 1960. King started his activities in 1955 when he protested Montgomery's bus system. The protest was started when an African American woman named Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white person. She said "I was just plain tired and my feet hurt."(King). After her arrest, all African Americans were told to boycott the bus system. "They formed a secret group called the Montgomery Improvement Association and elected Martin as their leader." (Cameron). The group chose to use nonviolent action to spread the word. On Monday December 5 none of the African Americans used the buses, but instead used alternate transportation. The group protest succeeded. Soon the busses no longer had segregated rules. This was one of the effects that the Montgomery Bus Boycott had on the Civil Rights movement. .
             In the early 60s schools and universities across the country worked together to get equal rights. The success in Montgomery influenced black students to show that inequalities still existed by participating in what was called the "sit-ins".


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1. BOOK REVIEW: "The Montgomery Bus Boycott and the Women Who S

... giving her a total of thirty-four years as an educator. In addition to being a profound professor she also contributed a substantial amount of her time to support the efforts of the Montgomery bus boycott. For example, she was president of the Women's Political Counsel (WPC) college chapter, an organization of black women founded by Dr. Mary Fair Burks in 1946; she provided funds to produce 52,500 ... of Rosa Parks is what started the Montgomery bus boycott and the movement for civil rights, however, contrary to popular belief, it was not. The truth of the matter is that the black commu...

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2. The Montgomery Bus Boycott

... single night of violence occurred on January 10, 1957, a few weeks after the end of the boycott and segregated seating on buses. Four black churches and two homes were bombed including Rev. Ralph Abernathy's church and parsonage. In an analysis of the Montgomery Bus Boycott Printed in the journal, "Liberation " in 1957, King wrote: "Because the mayor and city authorities cannot admit to themselves that we (Black Montgomerians) have ... rendering for years, it is possible that the only outcome would have been that the conviction of Parks would be vacated, with no lasting impact on bus se...

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3. Rosa Parks - Mother of the Civil Rights Movement

... a boycott of the city buses on December fifth, the day of Rosa Parks' trial" (Thorton, 2014). E.D. Nixon and other African American activists of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People planned the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Seventy five percent of the public bus riders were African Americans (Kohl, 2004). The Montgomery Bus Boycott lasted three hundred and eighty one days. The Montgomery Bus Boycott ended on December 20, 1956 and the buses in Montgomery were then integrated (Thorton, 2014). The Montgomery Bus Boycott ... therefor succeeded and was one of the major ev...

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4. Everybody Move to the Back of the Bus

... these angry white people tried to affect the decision that had been made but blacks weren't going to let them ruin their success. The violence died down after a while because several important whites spoke out against it. The gains of the Montgomery Bus Boycott were small but would lead to something greater. The boycott helped start the movement. The step had been taken and in a ... long battle new advances would be made. The integration of Montgomery Busses was ultimately a success. "It helped ... to launch a 10-year national struggle for freedom and justice, the Civil Rights Movement,...

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5. The Civil Rights Movement

... had to use other means of traveling as they wouldn't get on the buses. In order for black Americans to travel they rode bicycles, walked. The effect of the Montgomery bus boycott brought attention to the racial discrimination black Americans faced. The Montgomery bus boycott was effective as it helped desegregate busses in America. Montgomery bus boycott was important in getting the civil right act passed as not only did it create awareness about racial ... . As a result of Rosa parks not giving up her seat on the bus for a white man, Martin Luther King was elected to lead the Montgomery...

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6. The Civil Rights Movement

... reforms were brought on by a series of nonviolent protests and Marches some being: the Montgomery bus boycott, student-led sit-ins and the March on Washington. In 1954, the Supreme Court's decision in the Brown v. Board of Education case was a step forward in promoting justice in America. The Supreme Court Justices anonymously voted nine to zero ruling that segregation of public schools was ... had not have been for the Little Rock Nine, segregated schools might still appear today. The Montgomery Bus Boycott got its start on December 1, 1955.2 Blacks in Montgomery Alabama would refrain fr...

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7. Civil Rights in the 1960's

... him and Rosa Parks to help lead the Montgomery Bus Boycott, an ongoing event that left its mark on the world for certain. The Montgomery bus boycott was originally sparked by the events of Nixon's former member of the NAACP Rosa Parks, for refusing to give her seat up on the bus for a white person. Nixon believed that this event could start up a boycott for all bus lines, proving the power of Parks's cause. He wanted ... to find away to challenge the city segregation laws in a formal ... ...

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8. Montgomery Boyscott

... King Jr. gathered together with Jo Ann Robinson (head of the Women's Political Council) and Edgar D. Nixon to discuss about a boycott against the public bus system. An organization named the Montgomery Improvement Association (M.I.A) was formed to run the boycott and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., was named the president of the organization. The organization adopted a plan for the action that and the resolution demanded some aspects such as that Blacks would not ride ... the buses if polite treatement by bus driver is not proposed to them, also ... ...

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9. MLK and Montgomery

... Martin Luther Kings Role in the Montgomery Bus Boycott? The Montgomery bus boycott started on 1 December 1955. Rosa Parks, a former NAACP secretary refused to give up her seat to a white man on the local bus, having been thrown off the bus and arrested the black community decided to act. The NAACP had previously talked about a major protest about the segregation of buses, if a suitable incident could be found this was the incident as Rosa Parks was ... then this would suffice. King managed to get funding from many different sources for the bus boycott, these included the NAACP who altho...

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