Tyler Fiorenza
Mr. Decker/ Mrs. W.B.
1/23/17
History
During the Montgomery Bus Boycott, in which blacks refused to ride the bus in Montgomery Alabama, to protest seating, took place from December 5, 1955, to December 20, 1956. It was the first big scale demonstration against segregation in the U.S. On December 1, 1955. Four days before the boycott began Rosa Parks (an African-American woman) refused to give up her seat her seat to a white man on a bus. She was arrested and fined. The boycott of blacks riding the bus in Montgomery began on the day of Rosa Parks court date. It lasted 381 days. The U.S. Supreme Court had ordered Montgomery to combine its bus system. One of the leaders of the boycott named Martin Luther King Jr. came up as a
Mr. Decker/ Mrs. W.B.
1/23/17
History
During the Montgomery Bus Boycott, in which blacks refused to ride the bus in Montgomery Alabama, to protest seating, took place from December 5, 1955, to December 20, 1956. It was the first big scale demonstration against segregation in the U.S. On December 1, 1955. Four days before the boycott began Rosa Parks (an African-American woman) refused to give up her seat her seat to a white man on a bus. She was arrested and fined. The boycott of blacks riding the bus in Montgomery began on the day of Rosa Parks court date. It lasted 381 days. The U.S. Supreme Court had ordered Montgomery to combine its bus system. One of the leaders of the boycott named Martin Luther King Jr. came up as a