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| + | |image_caption=[[Rosa Parks]] on a Montgomery bus on December 21, 1956, the day Montgomery's public transportation system was legally integrated. Behind Parks is [[Nicholas C. Chriss]], a [[UPI]] reporter covering the event. | ||
|start=December 5, 1955 | |start=December 5, 1955 | ||
|end=December 20, 1956 | |end=December 20, 1956 | ||
|constitutes=boycott | |constitutes=boycott | ||
| + | |description=A political and social [[boycott|protest]] campaign against the policy of [[racial segregation]] on the public transit system of [[Montgomery, Alabama|Montgomery]], [[Alabama]]. It was a foundational event in the [[civil rights movement]] in the United States. | ||
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| + | The '''Montgomery bus boycott''' was a political and social [[boycott|protest]] campaign against the policy of [[racial segregation]] on the public transit system of [[Montgomery, Alabama|Montgomery]], [[Alabama]]. It was a foundational event in the [[civil rights movement]] in the United States. The campaign lasted from December 5, 1955—the Monday after [[Rosa Parks]], an [[African-American]] woman, was arrested for her refusal to surrender her seat to a white person—to December 20, 1956, when the federal ruling ''Browder v. Gayle'' took effect, and led to a United States Supreme Court decision that declared the Alabama and Montgomery laws that segregated buses were unconstitutional.<ref>http://www.crmvet.org/tim/timhis55.htm#1955mbb</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 10:59, 29 October 2023
 Rosa Parks on a Montgomery bus on December 21, 1956, the day Montgomery's public transportation system was legally integrated. Behind Parks is Nicholas C. Chriss, a UPI reporter covering the event. | |
| Date | December 5, 1955 - December 20, 1956 |
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| Description | 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. |
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. The campaign lasted from December 5, 1955—the Monday after Rosa Parks, an African-American woman, was arrested for her refusal to surrender her seat to a white person—to December 20, 1956, when the federal ruling Browder v. Gayle took effect, and led to a United States Supreme Court decision that declared the Alabama and Montgomery laws that segregated buses were unconstitutional.[1]
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