Montgomery
- Created by: Rebecca Gallacher
- Created on: 18-05-14 15:45
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- Explain why a bus boycott began in Montgomery.
- The NAACP had considered using unmarried, pregnant teenager, Claudette Colvin.
- Some people thought MLK was a compromise candidate leader.
- There was a large African American community in Montgomery with a potentially significant economic impact.
- The NAACP were confident of victory and that it could have a nationwide impact.
- A unanimous boycott stood a good chance of success.
- Other organisations helped, including Alabama State College.
- The NAACP had been looking for a suitable figurehead to challenge bus segregation laws.
- Black Shoppers could not get downtown so white businesses lost $1 million.
- There had already been a successful bus boycott in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
- Black organisations including the Church and NAACP had successfully used these tactics before.
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