108+Montgomery+Bus+Boycott


 * Montgomery Bus Boycott: **


 * Montgomery Bus Boycott was one of the most important things in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement. People protested against the segregation on the bus system of Montgomery, Alabama. It started on December 1st, 1955 when an African American women named Rosa Parks was arrested because she didn’t give up her seat to a white person. The white section of the bus was full, and since blacks and whites couldn’t be in the same row everybody in Rosa Park’s row had to stand. Everybody but Rosa Parks moved. Almost every African-American didn’t take the bus! Including some white people that supported this. The bus system almost went out of business. Some African-Americans got threats from white people but they still boycotted the busses. Rosa Parks got fired from her job but still took part in the protest. They even protested in the snow and rain! It ended on December 20, 1956 because Browder V. Gayle got the issue led to the USA Supreme Court and got the issue fixed. Some important people in this boycott were Martin Luther King, Jr. MLK (Martin Luther King Jr.) helped with the segregation problems in Montgomery Alabama. Martin Luther King Jr. was a preacher at a Christian church. He talked about freedom and how white and black people will get along. He was an activist of the civil rights (African American civil rights) Everyone felt comfortable around him and KNEW something good was about to change in Montgomery Alabama . MLKJ wanted to become a activist when he was just a little boy because one day he wanted to play with the white folk and their parents wouldn’t let them because they were different from them. From that day on he wanted to change the “world”. “I’m going to make a change one day!” he once said. **