The Montgomery Bus Boycott
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- Montgomery Bus Boycott & its Importance -1955
- Causes
- long term:
- WPC(Womes Polical Council) had been focused on bus segreagation and discrimination since 1950
- Montgomery bus company forced black passengers to the back of the bus and vacate their seats for white passengers
- Requests to the bus company to change their policies were repeatedly ignored
- long term:
- WPC(Womes Polical Council) had been focused on bus segreagation and discrimination since 1950
- Montgomery bus company forced black passengers to the back of the bus and vacate their seats for white passengers
- Requests to the bus company to change their policies were repeatedly ignored
- Requests to the bus company to change their policies were repeatedly ignored
- long term:
- Requests to the bus company to change their policies were repeatedly ignored
- short term:
- 1st December 1955, WPC secretary Rosa Parks broke segregation laws by refusing to give up her seat on the bus to a white man.
- Mrs Parks was arrested and fined
- Parks' arrested sparked a mass boycott by all those campaigning for civil rights
- long term:
- Events of the Boycott
- 5th December 1955 - MIA (Montgomery Improvement Assoication) set up, with Martin Luther King as Chairman
- 8th December 1955 -0MIA met with bus company officails who refused to change their policies - MIA decided to continue the boycott until victory was met
- Car Pools began on the 12th and involvement and support was enormous (over 300 cars)
- MIA negotiated reduced cab prices with black drivers to support the cause
- Opposition grew subsewuently - MLK's house was bombed. Activist responded with a peaceful non violent protest
- The violent white opposition increased publicity and public support and sympathy for civil rights
- NON - VIOLENCE WAS A CLEAR AND EFFECTIVE APPPROACH
- The violent white opposition increased publicity and public support and sympathy for civil rights
- Opposition grew subsewuently - MLK's house was bombed. Activist responded with a peaceful non violent protest
- MIA negotiated reduced cab prices with black drivers to support the cause
- Car Pools began on the 12th and involvement and support was enormous (over 300 cars)
- The Boycott's success was monumental - paved the way for future campaigns and brought MLK to the forefront of the civil rights movement
- Reasons for Sucess
- MIA coordinated the campaign effectively
- The boycotters continued despite harassment, threats and attacks
- The campaign was publicised through church meetings and newspapers which aided with widespread support
- The Montgomerybus company was hurt financially as its major source of income was the working class black Americans
- The boycotters continued despite harassment, threats and attacks
- MIA coordinated the campaign effectively
- Supreme Court Ruling
- February 1956, NAAP(National Associated for the Advancement of Coloured People) presented a case to the Supreme court against bus segregation in Montgomery as it was against the 14th Amendment.
- In June the court ruled in favour of the NAACP
- The bus company attempted to appeal the ruling but were rejceted
- 20th December 1956, MIA ended the boycott and racially intergreted bus services began the next day
- MLK
- A pastor that emphasised love and humanity
- Tried to appeal to all Americans regardless of race
- Advocated non violence
- Arrrested in 1956 for his part in organising the boycott
- alongside Ralph Abernathy he led SCLC(Southern Christian Leadership Conference) which coordinated church based non violent direct action
- A pastor that emphasised love and humanity
- The bus company attempted to appeal the ruling but were rejceted
- In June the court ruled in favour of the NAACP
- February 1956, NAAP(National Associated for the Advancement of Coloured People) presented a case to the Supreme court against bus segregation in Montgomery as it was against the 14th Amendment.
- Causes
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