1. The Civil Rights Movement
The Montgomery Bus Boycott

2. The Montgomery Bus Boycott
NAACP used the Brown decision to challenge segregation in other areas
Many southern cities and states segregated public transportation
In December 1955, Rosa Parks, refused to give up her seat on a city bus to a white person.

3. The Montgomery Bus Boycott
The local NAACP, led a one day boycott of the city buses in protest
So successful, it expanded to approximately one year
African-Americans carpooled and walked
Devastated downtown businesses

4. The Montgomery Bus Boycott
A Baptist minister named Martin Luther King, Jr. was chosen to lead the boycott
1956: U.S. Supreme Court ordered buses integrated
Victory for boycott

5. The Montgomery Bus Boycott
1957: King and Baptist Ministers start the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC).
Organized nonviolent protests of violations of civil rights.