GCSE Edexcel 9-1 Histoy: Montgomery Bus Boycott facts
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- Montgomery Bus Boycott, 1955-1956
- Causes
- 1st December 1955 - Rosa Parks refused to move from her seat.
- Police arrested her.
- Sat in colored part of the bus
- Three other blacks moved
- Events
- 8th December 1955 - MIA met bus companies to discuss policy changes
- Blacks refused to ride on buses
- Walked to work
- Car pools began on 12th December with 300 people
- 90% of blacks who rode buses boycotted them
- MIA
- Led by Martin Luther King
- Set up on 5th December 1955 as the Montgomery Improvement Association
- Aimed to improve the lives of blacks in Montgomery
- Ran the boycott
- Opposition
- KKK and WCC used violence
- KKK and WCC membership rapidly increased
- Police and Mayor Gayle joined the WCC
- 22nd February 1956 - 89 MIA members, including King, where arrested for disrupting lawful business
- Browder V Gayle
- 11th May 1956 by the NAACP
- Court stated all buses should be desegregated (backed up by Brown ruling)
- Bus companies appealed to Supreme Court on 13th November 1956
- Overturned
- Consequences
- 20th December 1956 - MIA end the boycott
- 21st December 1956 - integrated bus services begin
- White backlash continued
- Many MIA members' houses firebombed
- Bus services suspended to allow things to calm down
- All other Montgomery services remained segregated
- Brought Martin Luther King into the spotlight
- Laid out non-violent, direct action rules
- Showed blacks could organise mass protest
- Causes
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