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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.
Mary Louise Ware (née Smith; born 1937) is an African-American civil rights activist.She was arrested in October 1955 at the age of 18 in Montgomery, Alabama for refusing to give up her seat on the segregated bus system.
Claudette Colvin (born Claudette Austin; September 5, 1939) [1] [2] is an American pioneer of the 1950s civil rights movement and retired nurse aide.On March 2, 1955, she was arrested at the age of 15 in Montgomery, Alabama, for refusing to give up her seat to a white woman on a crowded, segregated bus.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Montgomery, Alabama, USA. ... 1955 - December 1: Rosa Parks arrested; Montgomery bus boycott begins.
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 ...
Elmore Bolling was gun downed on Dec. 4, 1947, in Montgomery, Alabama because he was successful. In 1908, David Walker, his wife and four kids – an infant included – were shot as they fled ...
The American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations merge to become the AFL–CIO.; The Montgomery Improvement Association is formed in Montgomery, Alabama, by Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., and other Black ministers to coordinate a Black people's boycott of all city buses.
A brawl on a Montgomery, Alabama, riverfront dock Saturday has gained nationwide attention in the days since, with multiple angles of the incident caught on video gaining views across social media ...