compromise with the Southern States. 2.2 The Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955) Who was involved? When? Where? Why did it happen What happened? Consequences (effects) (causes) Rose Parks Dec. 1955 On the 1 December That evening, It worked because almost –Dec Martin Luther King 1956 , Alabama 1955, Rossa Parks, a protesters set up black person carried NAACP black women, was the Montgomery on supporting it (as did MIA riding home from work Improvement some whites) and because in the sixthh row of Association (MIA) to the MIA organised good seats on a bus in improve integration- support for it. The bus Montgomery, Alabama. beginning with the company lost a lot of busses. They chose money and Montgomery Montgomery buses Martin Luther King got a lot of bad publicity were segregated. as Chairman. both nationally and world- wide. The front five rows The MIA asked all were for whites only. black people to Because the State Black people had to boycott Montgomery government would not clear any whole row busses. About 70% change the law, the for a white person to of bus users were Supreme Court had to sit – even if it emptied black and most black act. On 19 December the rest of the row. bus users joined the 1956, it ruled segregation boycott. on buses unconstitutional
compromise with the Southern States. 2.2 The Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955) Who was involved? When? Where? Why did it happen (causes) What happened? Consequences (effects) Rose Parks Martin Luther King NAACP MIA Dec. 1955 –Dec 1956 Alabama On the 1 December 1955, Rossa Parks, a black women, was riding home from work in the sixthh row of seats on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama. Montgomery buses were segregated. The front five rows were for whites only. Black people had to clear any whole row for a white person to sit – even if it emptied the rest of the row. That evening, protesters set up the Montgomery Improvement Association (MIA) to improve integration- beginning with the busses. They chose Martin Luther King as Chairman. The MIA asked all black people to boycott Montgomery busses. About 70% of bus users were black and most black bus users joined the boycott. It worked because almost black person carried on supporting it (as did some whites) and because the MIA organised good support for it. The bus company lost a lot of money and Montgomery got a lot of bad publicity both nationally and world- wide. Because the State government would not change the law, the Supreme Court had to act. On 19 December 1956, it ruled segregation on buses unconstitutional ,
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