Montgomery Bus Boycott (5 Dez 1955 Jahr – 20 Dez 1956 Jahr)

Beschreibung:

1. What is it?
A political and social campaign in Montgomery, Alabama against the racial segregation of public transportation.

2. When did it happen?
December 5th, 1955 - December 20th, 1956

3. Who was involved?
- Rosa Parks- her arrest helped start the campaign
- Martin Luther King Jr. and Ralph Abernathy- both men took part in the boycott

4. Where did it happen?
Montgomery, Alabama

5. One major cause
The boycott began not long after the arrest of Rosa Parks for refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger on the bus. While Parks was not the first to do so, her actions directly lead to the beginning of this particular boycott.

6. One major effect
On June 5th, 1956, the District Court ruled that bus segregation was unconstitutional in Browder v. Gayle. On Nov. 13th, 1956, the Supreme Court upheld the District Court decision and orders to desegregate buses in Alabama and Montgomery were given.