In Montgomery, Alabama, to protest segregated seating, took place from December 5, 1955, to December 20, 1956, and is regarded as the first large-scale demonstration against segregation in the U.S.
Rosa Parks, an African-American woman, refused to yield her seat to a white man on a Montgomery Bus. She was arrested and fined.
This was the Spark of the Montgomery Bus Boycott
As the boycott spread, African-American leaders across Montgomery, Alabama’s capital city, began lending their support.
Black ministers announced the boycott in church on Sunday, December 4, and the Montgomery Advertiser, a general-interest newspaper, published a front-page article on the planned action.
Approximately 40,000 African-American bus riders–the majority of the city’s black bus riders–boycotted the system
Rosa Parks, an African-American woman, refused to yield her seat to a white man on a Montgomery Bus. She was arrested and fined.
This was the Spark of the Montgomery Bus Boycott
As the boycott spread, African-American leaders across Montgomery, Alabama’s capital city, began lending their support.
Black ministers announced the boycott in church on Sunday, December 4, and the Montgomery Advertiser, a general-interest newspaper, published a front-page article on the planned action.
Approximately 40,000 African-American bus riders–the majority of the city’s black bus riders–boycotted the system