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Montgomery Bus Boycott. By Shelby Carver. People protesting racial mixing.
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Montgomery Bus Boycott By Shelby Carver People protesting racial mixing. http://images.google.com/url?source=imgres&ct=img&q=http://www.oxfordaasc.com/public/features/archive/0507/images/pe0011-01.jpg&ei=eCnLS-n6AcL6lweLkeXrBA&sa=X&oi=image_landing_page_redirect&ct=legacy&usg=AFQjCNFx2lZ-nZtZfpX3cWC5E1oMeT_Tnw
What is the Bus Boycott? • 1955 Social and Political Protest to ban segregation of public transportation facilities. • Figures associated with this movement are Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King, Jr. Just By Walking People Made a positive historic change. http://images.google.com/url?source=imgres&ct=tbn&q=http://www.amistadresource.org/LBimages/image_08_03_020_R07-2012.jpg&ei=qDLLS-vNA4KclgeKnoGlCg&sa=X&oi=image_landing_page_redirect&ct=legacy&usg=AFQjCNHTQ8UiXhS1b_E1CH_5uHlxLSVEWA
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Martin Luther King Jr. • Pastor of a Baptist church. • Meetings at the church were to plan a protest against segregation. • December 5th 1955, people (blacks and some whites) refused to ride city busses. Martin Luther King Jr. creates equality by sharing his beliefs. http://images.google.com/url?source=imgres&ct=tbn&q=http://makingdisciples.files.wordpress.com/2007/07/king-martin-luther.jpg&ei=Kh_SS8moCYaglAeBkq25Dw&sa=X&oi=image_landing_page_redirect&ct=legacy&usg=AFQjCNG3zUGP7Bvf6bCGyTSgBFRliVom2A
Montgomery ImprovementAssociation • Formed during the bus boycott, by black ministers and leaders. • Martin Luther King was declared the president of the association. • Goals were to improve race relations. Martin Luther King leading a group of African American protesters. http://www.google.com/url?source=imgres&ct=tbn&q=http://halmasonberg.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/bus12.jpg&ei=7TXSS--JIoS0lQfxm-m8Dw&sa=X&oi=image_landing_page_redirect&ct=legacy&usg=AFQjCNGDjs-o-h92wjIt0nLFe-2xLDeCMA
Society’s Response to the Boycott • Police officers would arrest people waiting for rides. • Carpoolers were constantly ticketed. • Drivers and passengers were arrested. Carpooling during the Boycott Http://www.google.com/url?source=imgres&ct=tbn&q=http://www.corbisimages.com/images/67/D8E9ECFA-A60E-4260-A569-E39B212E91A5/BE047090.jpg&ei=YEXSS6W0CoWdlgfw0cGvDw&sa=X&oi=image_landing_page_redirect&ct=legacy&usg=AFQjCNH-hxM6TDgh7KW7VTor4aU69kq2XQ
Results of the Boycott • Segregation was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme court. • 381 days since the beginning, the Montgomery bus boycott ended. • The most successful uprising in history. The end of the Boycott when segregation was illegal. http://affiliations.si.edu/media_images/data/bus_jpg.jpg
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