By Shelby Carver People protesting racial mixing. n6AcL6lweLkeXrBA&sa=X&oi=image_landing_page_redirect&ct=legacy&usg=AFQjCNFx2lZ-nZtZfpX3cWC5E1oMeT_Tnw
What is the Bus Boycott? 1955 Social and Political Protest to ban segregation of public transportation facilities. Figures associated with this movement are Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King, Jr. Just By Walking People Made a positive historic change. vNA4KclgeKnoGlCg&sa=X&oi=image_landing_page_redirect&ct=legacy&usg=AFQjCNHTQ8UiXhS1b_E1CH_5uHlxLSVEWA
Rosa Parks NAACP secretary and seamstress. Took classes on civil rights issues. Refusal to give up her bus seat for a white man led to her arrest and the beginning of the boycott. Rosa Parks Being Arrested for disobeying a white man. likeawhisper.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/rosa- parks.jpg&ei=bzbLS4jcLsL7lweXifHtBA&sa=X&oi=image_landing_page_redirect&ct=legacy&usg=AFQjCNFvAnyccWiXejAX7IuyrBHeDL5U1g
Martin Luther King Jr. Pastor of a Baptist church. Meetings at the church were to plan a protest against segregation. December 5 th 1955, people (blacks and some whites) refused to ride city busses. Martin Luther King Jr. creates equality by sharing his beliefs. luther.jpg&ei=Kh_SS8moCYaglAeBkq25Dw&sa=X&oi=image_landing_page_redirect&ct=legacy&usg=AFQjCNG3zUGP7Bvf6bCGyTSgBFRliVom2A
Montgomery Improvement Association Formed during the bus boycott, by black ministers and leaders. Martin Luther King was declared the president of the association. Goals were to improve race relations. Martin Luther King leading a group of African American protesters. m8Dw&sa=X&oi=image_landing_page_redirect&ct=legacy&usg=AFQjCNGDjs-o-h92wjIt0nLFe-2xLDeCMA
Societys Response to the Boycott Police officers would arrest people waiting for rides. Carpoolers were constantly ticketed. Drivers and passengers were arrested. Carpooling during the Boycott E39B212E91A5/BE jpg&ei=YEXSS6W0CoWdlgfw0cGvDw&sa=X&oi=image_landing_page_redirect&ct=legacy&usg=AFQjCNH- hxM6TDgh7KW7VTor4aU69kq2XQ
Results of the Boycott Segregation was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme court. 381 days since the beginning, the Montgomery bus boycott ended. The most successful uprising in history. The end of the Boycott when segregation was illegal.
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