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Beginnings of Montgomery Bus Boycott
Claudette Colvin incident was the start of many civil rights events and movements against inequality. Claudette Colvin was a 15-year-old African American girl who was arrested for not giving her seat up on a bus for a white person in the city of Montgomery. This is very similar to the event that followed months later which was with Rosa Parks incident in December of 1955. Claudette Colvin's incident was less publicized than Rosa Park's efforts, but it had the same effect. -
Bus Boycott Brews
The Montgomery Bus Boycott reigned very shortly after Rosa Parks, actually days after the incident at the trial for Parks. Thousands of African Americans in Montgomery boycotted by refusing to ride on buses. Organized by groups such as the MIA under Martin Luther King Jr. (Montgomery Improvement Association). -
Tensions Continue
Amid the Boycotts start tensions brewed continuously as boycott leaders were being arrested like King Jr. and legally Montgomery the city tried to diminish the movement. local African Americans in Montgomery continued joining the movement as well through numerous protests that continued to grow. -
Supreme Court Decision
The Supreme Court ruled that racial segregation on public transportation, specifically buses, was unconstitutional. The boycott was ended as a result of this decision, but the impact of the boycott lingered past just the city of Montgomery. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott's Official End
the Supreme Court's decision was implemented on December 20, 1956, which is why this is the date of the boycott's ending. The bus system continued as desegregated and African Americans had then gained the right to a seat on a bus which was one of many basic rights they fought for and gained over the ongoing years after the Boycott's impact.