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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. The Montgomery Bus Boycott

Some say that the Montgomery Bus Boycott started on December 1, 1955, but many of those who were present say it began long before that. ... Please stay off all buses Monday. " Martin Luther King Jr and colleague Ralph Abernathy organized the Montgomery boycott on the public transportation. ... By this time, members of the Montgomery's business community were becoming aggravated with the boycott. ... After the boycott came to a close, snipers shot into buses in black communities. ... The Montgomery Bus Boycott was significant on several fronts. ...

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

"The Montgomery Bus Boycott," by Jo Ann Robinson is a compelling autobiography about how fifty thousand black citizens of Montgomery, Alabama said no more to segregation, inhuman treatment, violence and the humiliation that they received not only from the Bus Company, but from white citizens and high ranking political figures as well. ... 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. ... After a while some blacks who would normally ride the bus decided to walk, boycott or no boycott. The...

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3. MLK and Montgomery

What Was Martin Luther Kings Role in the Montgomery Bus Boycott? The Montgomery bus boycott started on 1 December 1955. ... With one of the Baptist churches acting as a base the black community arranged a boycott of the buses. The Montgomery Improvement Association (MIA) was set up to organise the boycott and to negotiate with the authorities. ... Kings speaking ability was one of the main things that kept the people of Montgomery going during the boycott. ...

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4. Montgomery Boyscott

In Montgomery, Alabama segregation was part of everyday life. ... 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. ... A one-day bus boycott was scheduled for December 5, 1955. ... During the boycott African Americans refused to ride on the city's buses. ...

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5. Everybody Move to the Back of the Bus

In Montgomery, Alabama there was a law that required black citizens to ride in the back of its city buses. ... Blacks had won their victory.There were several things that came out of the bus boycott of Montgomery. ... The bus boycott set the tone for the whole civil right movement. ... Although there were good things that came out of the Montgomery Bus Boycott, there were bad things as well. ... The gains of the Montgomery Bus Boycott were small but would lead to something greater. ...

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6. Martin luther King

One of the protests was to end segregation on buses and trains. ... It was after her arrest that Martin Luther King Began To organize bus protests against the segregation in Montgomery. ... The black community of Montgomery walked to work or had a lift from the very few black people that owned cars in Montgomery, this carried on for 13 months until the bus company were forced to integrate because of the loss of money and also the Supreme Court made the decision. ... Martin Luther King also travelled the country inspiring people with his speeches and encouraged them to economic boycotts ...

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7. The Civil Rights Movement

Arguably a very significant turning point for the civil rights movement was the Montgomery bus boycott. ... 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. ... Martin Luther King was a civil rights activist; he had led the Montgomery bus boycott, which was started by Rosa parks. ... He was very powerful and an influential figure and his actions throughout the Montgomery bus boycott lead to the designation of buses for black Americans. ...

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8. Civil Rights in the 1960's

E.D Nixon contributed to the Montgomery Bus Boycott, held a leadership in the NAACP as well as the voters league, and a Pullman Porter leader. ... He is not as well known as a figure like MLK but he worked with 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, provin...

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9. Graduation

The civil rights movements contained many steps that had to be completed such as boycotts, sit - ins and the famous walk to Washington, to get where these African - Americans are today, in an equal society. The Montgomery Bus Boycott officially started on December 1, 1955, when the blacks of Montgomery, Alabama, decided that they would boycott the city buses until they could sit anywhere they wanted, instead of being relegated to the back when a white boarded. Rosa Parks, a black woman, who refused to give up her seat to a white male, started the boycott. The boycott ended a year later when ...

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