PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973
THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT DURING THE 1950S
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They walked.
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They organized carpools.
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They rode the city buses.
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They rode in taxis.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a civil rights protest during which African Americans refused to ride city buses in Montgomery, Alabama, to protest segregated seating.
Detailed explanation-2: -Rosa Parks’s arrest sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott, during which the black citizens of Montgomery refused to ride the city’s buses in protest over the bus system’s policy of racial segregation.
Detailed explanation-3: -Lasting 381 days, the Montgomery Bus Boycott resulted in the Supreme Court ruling segregation on public buses unconstitutional. A significant play towards civil rights and transit equity, the Montgomery Bus Boycott helped eliminate early barriers to transportation access.
Detailed explanation-4: -Interesting Facts about the Montgomery Bus Boycott He helped to select Martin Luther King, Jr. as the leader of the boycott. Local car insurers stopped insuring cars that participated in the boycott’s carpools. Black churches across the country donated shoes to the boycotters who were wearing out their shoes walking.