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The Montgomery bus boycott was a political and social protest campaign against the policy of racial segregation on the public transit system of Montgomery, Alabama. It was a foundational event in the civil rights movement in the United States.
December 1 – Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat on a bus, starting the Montgomery bus boycott. This occurs nine months after 15-year-old high school student Claudette Colvin became the first to refuse to give up her seat. Colvin's was the legal case that eventually ended the practice in Montgomery. Roy Wilkins becomes the NAACP executive ...
1955 - December 1: Rosa Parks arrested; Montgomery bus boycott begins. 1956 - December 20: Racial segregation lawsuit Browder v. Gayle verdict takes effect; bus boycott ends. [19] 1960 - Population: 134,393. 1961 - May 20: Freedom Riders attacked. [6] 1964 - WKAB-TV begins broadcasting. 1965 March 7–25: Selma to Montgomery marches for voting ...
On December 1, 1955, nine months after a 15-year-old high school student, Claudette Colvin, refused to give up her seat to a white passenger on a public bus in Montgomery, Alabama, and was arrested, Rosa Parks did the same thing. Parks soon became the symbol of the resulting Montgomery bus boycott and received national publicity.
Montgomery, Alabama, is marking the 67th anniversary of the Montgomery Bus Boycott with a series of celebrations and events. Montgomery to host celebrations marking the 67th anniversary of Bus Boycott
In February 1861, Montgomery was selected as the first capital of the Confederate States of America, until the seat of government moved to Richmond, Virginia, in May of that year. [1] During the mid-20th century, Montgomery was a primary site in the Civil Rights Movement, including the Montgomery bus boycott and the Selma to Montgomery marches. [1]
Edgar Daniel Nixon (July 12, 1899 – February 25, 1987), known as E. D. Nixon, was an American civil rights leader and union organizer in Alabama who played a crucial role in organizing the landmark Montgomery bus boycott there in 1955. The boycott highlighted the issues of segregation in the South, was upheld for more than a year by black ...
Dr. Ralph Bryson, who participated in the Montgomery Bus Boycott, was remembered as a mentor, musician and a scholar by his friends and colleagues. Bryson died Feb. 12 at age 99.