Grace+Bus+Boycott+-+Notes


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CONTEXT: -December 21st, 1956, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white passenger, led to Montgomery Bus Boycott

INFO: -first major civil rights event - December 5, 1955 to December 21, 1956 -Montgomery, Alabama city buss lines had forced to integrate -white riders joined the boycott -the city bus system heavily replied on African Americans riding their buses -boycott caused extreme financial problems -bus owners reacted by trying to meet some of the MIA's demands and agreed that "African-American bus drivers would be provided on routes where African Americans were prevalent, and name-calling by white drivers would cease. " -movements did not end boycott - White Citizen's Council decided to use violent action - mayor made a "get tough policy" -" King was arrested in January 1956 for driving 30 miles per hour in a 25 miles per hour zone. That same month, a bomb exploded outside his house, which left his family shaken but unhurt." -The jury looked at an old law which outlawed plans to block lawful businesses, which meant many including king were being unlawful by being a party of the boy cott -On November 13, 1956, the US supreme court said that Montgomery's segregated bus system was illegal. -when Montgomery city officials were presented with the order from the corder, integration had to begin right away. IMPACT: -leads to civil rights movements - Interstate Commerce Commission stopped segregation in public transit -after the boycott ended

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"Rosa Parks comments on the Montgomery Bus Boycott [:49]." Audio. Pacifica Radio Archives/Library of Congress.//<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">American History //. ABC-CLIO, 2011. Web. 6 May 2011.

"Rosa Parks at the front of a bus." Image. Library of Congress. //<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">American History //. ABC-CLIO, 2011. Web. 6 May 2011.