Notes-Montegomery+Bus+Boycott-Grace


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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. "

IMPACT: -leads to civil rights movements -Interstate Commerce Commission stopped segregation in public transit

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