Montgomery Bus Boycott (dec 5, 1955 – dec 20, 1956)
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The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a civil rights protest during which African Americans refused to ride city buses in Montgomery, Alabama, to protest segregated seating .By mid-November 1956 the US Supreme Court basing its decision on the 14th Amendment's guarantee of equal protection under the law ruled that segregated public buses were unconstitutional. The boycott was a success.https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/montgomery-bus-boycott
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Date:
dec 5, 1955
dec 20, 1956
~ 1 years