Rosa Parks sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott from "summary" of Illustrated Black History by George McCalman
In 1955, in Montgomery, Alabama, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a segregated bus to a white passenger. This act of defiance against the discriminatory laws of the time was a pivotal moment in the civil rights movement. Parks' refusal to move sparked a wave of activism and resistance that would eventually lead to the Montgomery Bus Boycott. The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a coordinated effort by the African American community to protest the segregation of public transportation in the city. After Parks' arrest, community leaders, including a young minister named Martin Luther King Jr., called for a boycott of the city's buses. African Americans in Montgomery refused to ride the buses, choosing instead to walk, carpool, or use other forms of transportation. T...
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