Montgomery Bus Boycott
On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on an Alabama bus. She wasn’t the first to challenge segregation laws, but this time was different. Parks’ resistance spread through a community that was tired of enduring years of insult and humiliation. For more than a year, in the face of violence and intimidation, 50,000 black citizens forced a segregated bus system to open its doors to equality,
Event Information
fight for the right
When?
Monday, Dec 5, 1955, 09:00 PM
Where?
Montgomery, AL
rosa parks
She sat near the middle of the bus, just behind the 10 seats reserved for whites.
martin luther king jr.
He led the montgomery bus boyctt.King had not set out to be the leader of the boycott. He came to this city in 1954 to pastor then-Dexter Avenue Baptist Church.
ralph abernathy
Ralph Abernathy was among the ministers in Montgomery most vocal against segregated buses and the treatment of blacks in the Capital City.