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    Consequences/importance of the Montgomery Bus Protest 1. The direct result was that in 1956 the Supreme Court ruled that segregation on buses was illegal (Browder v Gayle). 2. After 13 months the bus companies gave in. This was REALLY important for the future because it showed to both Blacks and Whites in America that in racial discrimination cases - eventually - the Blacks would win. The battle was by no means finished‚ but after Montgomery the Whites knew they were going to lose in the end‚ and

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    His teacher also was black. His teacher and he was sitting in the front because the bus was full of people. The driver told them to sit in the back. They refused then the driver cursed and threatened them‚ and only because his teacher was in tears‚ they moved to the back. He felt terrible ‚ but this gave him determination to fight prejudice. When Rosa Parks was sitting in a section on a bus just behind the sign stating “White Only.” then the driver asked her to move the seat

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    By Riley Burt Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott December 1‚ 1955 an African American woman named Rosa Parks‚ a member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)‚ refused to stand to give up her seat to a white male as the Montgomery‚ Alabama‚ city bus was full and this was the expectation of African American people the buses were segregated and if the bus was full in the ’white’ section African Americans’ were expected to stand and let the white person

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    to give up her seat when the bus was filling up. She was allegedly arrested for violating bus segregation laws and behaving in disorderly conduct. 1955 The Montgomery Bus Boycott April 23th 1956 The Montgomery bus company decides to implement a policy of desegregation after the U. S. Supreme Court dismisses the appeal of a federal appeals court ruling outlawing bus segregation in South Carolina. March 19th 1956 King is found guilty of violating the boycott conspiracy law and is sentenced

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    Have you ever heard about the Montgomery Bus Boycott? Have you ever heard about Rosa Parks or Martin Luther King Jr? If you have‚ you probably know these people as the faces of the bus boycott that took place in Montgomery‚ Alabama in 1956. If someone were to ask you what you know about this movement‚ you would probably tell them what you were taught in elementary school. You would say that she and Martin Luther King Jr. are responsible for the success of the boycott. This‚ however‚ is not necessarily

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    forever. On Thursday‚ December 1st‚ 1955 Mrs. Parks was on her way home from a hard day at work on a Montgomery bus. Blacks were supposed to sit in the back of the bus and let the whites sit in the front and the middle. on that day‚ rosa parks were sitting in the middle. When another white person came on the bus she was asked to move. He asked her again and she still said no. Then she was forced off the bus then arrested.On the evening

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    The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a highly important event The Civil Rights Movement featuring several famous and latter important people including The Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King jr and civil rights icon Rosa Parks. This was also an early victory for The Civil Rights Movement and The Southern Christian Leadership Conference. The event also gave The Civil Rights Movement legitimacy and showed that peaceful protests could yield results. All of the events of the boycott would later have repercussions

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    and the Montgomery Bus Boycott‚ oral presentation Caused by the Jim Crow laws‚ Montgomery (Alabama) segregated bus passengers by race. The first four rows of seats on each bus were reserved for whites‚ and the conductors could‚ if necessary‚ order black passengers to move further back when there were no available white seats left. Black people could sit in the middle row‚ until the white section was filled up. If white people were already sitting in the front‚ black people had to board the bus at the

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    minister as well. In 1953 King graduated with his doctorate in Systematic Theology and married Coretta Scott. King settled down in Montgomery Alabama and became a father of four as well as the minister to a Baptist church. His strong education and minister status allowed him to meet leaders in the equality movement. These leaders chose King to lead the Montgomery Bus Boycott. His peaceful law abiding protest was a huge

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    Why did the Montgomery bus boycott succeed? In December 1995‚ a bus boycott began‚ it all started with a black woman named Rosa parks. Even though she is not the first African American this happened to‚ it all started when she bought a ticket on the bus to go home after a long day’s work. A white man got on the bus and the driver asked her to move‚ she refused and were arrested. After her story was heard around the town the bus boycott began‚ the local blacks and some whites got involved with the

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