The Montgomery Bus Boycott

By Nikell_7

  • Rosa Parks' Arrest

    A white man approaches Rosa Parks, a seamstress and secretary of the local NAACP chapter, on a bus in Montgomery, and she refuses to give up her seat. This leads to her arrest and the start of the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

  • The Montgomery Improvement Association (MIA) is Formed

    Local leaders, such as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., E.D. Nixon, and Jo Ann Robinson, established the MIA in the wake of Rosa Parks' arrest to organize boycott campaigns and promote desegregation.

  • The First Day of the Bus Boycott

    Montgomery's African American community starts walking, carpooling, boycotting the city's buses, and utilizing other forms of transportation.

  • Legal Challenges

    In Browder v. Gayle, the MIA files a federal lawsuit contesting the constitutionality of segregated seating on public transportation.

  • Supreme Court Ruling

    In the Browder v. Gayle decision, the Supreme Court essentially ends racial segregation on Montgomery's buses by ruling that segregated seating on buses is unconstitutional.