On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama. This brave act ignited the 13-month Montgomery Bus Boycott led by Martin Luther King, Jr. | HISTORY
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#OTD in 1955 – sparked by the arrest of Rosa Parks four days earlier – the Montgomery, Alabama, Bus Boycott began. It was a 13-month mass protest of racial segregation, the first of its scale in the U.S., coordinated by the Montgomery Improvement Association under the leadership of Martin Luther King Jr. Black leaders organized carpools to sustain the effort, and the city’s Black taxi drivers charged the same price as bus fare for Black riders. The boycott ended on Dec. 21, 1956, and the buses w
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On December 5, 1955, the Black community of Montgomery, Alabama launched a city-wide boycott of the bus system — four days after Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger. The boycott was coordinated by the Montgomery Improvement Association (MIA), led by a young Martin Luther King Jr.. Roughly 30,000–40,000 Black residents avoided buses, opting instead to walk, carpool, or use Black-owned taxis — applying economic pressure on the bus company. The boycott last
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On December 20th, 1956, the Montgomery Bus Boycott came to an end. The Boycott began after the arrest of Mrs. Rosa Parks on December 1st, 1955, and was organized by the Montgomery Improvement Association (MIA). Led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the MIA organized the 382-day boycott until the Supreme Court declared that the city’s segregated bus policies were unconstitutional on December 21st, 1956. The protest was a major victory in the Civil Rights movement and a testament to the power of nonv
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