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The Montgomery bus boycott was a large civil rights demonstration that saw African Americans in the Alabama city refuse to ride public buses in protest of segregated seating. Considered the first ...
The boycott lasted 381 days, ending on December 20, 1956, when the Supreme Court ordered Montgomery to integrate its bus system. The Montgomery Bus Boycotts brought national attention to the civil ...
50th Anniversary of Montgomery Bus Boycott Fifty years ago Monday, African-American residents of Montgomery, Ala., began a boycott of the city's bus service to protest racial segregation.
Montgomerians marked the anniversary of the Montgomery Bus Boycott on Monday with several events, including a ribbon cutting for the Holt Street Baptist Church Historical Museum. The church was ...
The Montgomery Bus Boycott began in December 1955 after Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat. Black taxi drivers provided alternative transportation for thousands of boycotters. Police ...
Montgomery, Alabama, is marking the 67th anniversary of the Montgomery Bus Boycott with a series of celebrations and events. Rosa Parks, an African American woman, was arrested Dec. 1, 1955 ...
But the day before, Parks’ activist friends had gotten busy organizing a boycott of Montgomery’s bus system. The day after Parks’ conviction, the city’s Black community carpooled ...
Montgomery and Huntsville will honor the anniversary of bus boycott with museum tours and free bus rides on Rosa Parks Day. The Alabama cities of Montgomery and Huntsville are preparing to honor ...