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refused to give up her seat
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white passenger on a city bus. Local laws states that African American passenger have to sit at the back of the bus while whites sat in the front. If the bus became to pack in the front blacks had to give up their seat for the white passenger. -
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The Supreme court
The boycott continued for more than a year. The MIA filed a federal lawsuit against segregation on June 5th, 1956. A federal district court declared segregated seating on buses unconstitutional. -
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Supreme court continued
The supreme court upheld that ruling and mid-November the federal decision went into effect on December 20th 1956 -
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At the end
The boycott gained a great deal of public attention in the national press. Dr martin Luther King became well known throughout the country. The success in the Montgomery bus boycott inspired other African American communities in the south to protest racial discrimination. This allowed for nonviolent resistance phase of the civil rights movement. -
Montgomery bus system
Montgomery bus system was heavily dependent on African American riders with 75 % of the ridership. Some 90 % of African American residents stayed off the buses that day costing the bus company to lose out on their funds. -
Jail
Because she refused to give up her seat while sitting in the front she was taken to jail. Local civil rights leaders decided to capitalize on her arrest as a chance to challenge local segregation laws.