Montgomery bus boycott (dec 5, 1955 – aug 2, 1967)
Description:
During the Montgomery Bus Boycott, African Americans refused to ride city buses on behalf of a civil-rights protest. It lasted for a little over a year and a seen as one of the first large scale demonstrations against segregation. From this the Supreme Court ruled that city buses must be integrated and Martin Luther King Jr. emerged as a prominent figure in the civil rights movement.Added to timeline:
Date:
dec 5, 1955
aug 2, 1967
~ 11 years