The Boycott of the Montgomery Bus System

By mwright054

  • Claudette Colvin

    15 year old Colvin refused to give up her seat and was arrested

  • Women's Political Council (WPC)

    the WPC was the first group to call for a boycott, which became a 13-month bus boycott. African Americans comprised 75% of the passengers on Montgomery buses.
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    NAACP becomes involved in boycott

    the NAACP provided legal and organizational support throughout the time of the boycott. Rosa Parks was a member of the NAACP

  • Rosa Parks refuses to leave seat for a white man

  • Montgomery Improvment association (MIA) created

    led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr and was created specifically for the boycott

  • Montgomery bus boycott

    the buys boycott lasted 381 days

  • MIA files suit against bus segregation

  • court ruled segregated seating was unconstitutional

  • segregation law goes into effect