Montgomery Bus Boycott (dec 5, 1955 – dec 20, 1956)

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1. This was a civil rights protest by black Americans fighting the segregation of public busing, and it started the day after Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on the bus to a white man.
2. This happened in December of 1955 and lasted until December of 1956.
3. Rosa Parks was involved in it by starting it after refusing to give up her bus seat, and then the NAACP officially started the protest, which Dr. Martin Luther King became a leader for soon after.
4. This happened in Montgomery, Alabama.
5. A major cause was Rosa Parks's arrest for refusing to give up her seat on a bus to a white man.
6. A major effect was the integration of buses following a Montgomery federal court ruling stating that segregation on public buses was unconstitutional, and the Supreme Court upholding that ruling.

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