Transportation segregation protests go as far back as 1841 with Frederick Douglass and the Eastern Railroad.
The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a massive success lead by the 26-year-old Martin Luther King Jr. It was possible because of the years of groundwork led by Jo Ann Robinson and the Woman’s Political Council around the Jim Crow laws in regards to the bus system. On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white male passenger on a city bus. A tremendous 382-day Montgomery Bus Boycott ensued, ending with the US Supreme Court declaring bus segregation unconstitutional. This proved to the people of the south, as well as the world, that non-violent mass protest could successfully challenge racial segregation.
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Transportation segregation protests go as far back as 1841 with Frederick Douglass and the Eastern Railroad.
The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a massive success lead by the 26-year-old Martin Luther King Jr. It was possible because of the years of groundwork led by Jo Ann Robinson and the Woman’s Political Council around the Jim Crow laws in regards to the bus system. On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white male passenger on a city bus. A tremendous 382-day Montgomery Bus Boycott ensued, ending with the US Supreme Court declaring bus segregation unconstitutional. This proved to the people of the south, as well as the world, that non-violent mass protest could successfully challenge racial segregation.