THE MONTGOMERY BUS BOYCOTT
The Montgomery bus boycott looms as a formative turning point of the twentieth century: harbinger of the African American freedom movement, which in turn inspired movements for freedom around the globe; springboard for the leadership of Martin Luther King Jr. in civil rights, human rights and peacemaking; launching pad for the worldwide era of upheaval known as the “sixties”. The bus boycott stands for all times as one of humankind’s supreme democrtatic moments, a monumental struggle to actualize the American dream of freedom, equality and constitutionalism. The nonviolent uprising of 1955 and 1956 represented a new founding of American democracy that pushed the nation a quantum leap closer to keeping faith with parchment principles.
---from The Daybreak of Freedom
If any single event touched off the activist phase of the civil rights movement, it was the Montgomery bus boycott of 1955-56. Triggered by the refusal of a black seamstress, Mrs. Rosa Parks, to take her place at the back of a city bus when the driver demanded it, this grass-roots movement led by the young Martin Luther King lasted for just over a year, from 1955 to late in the next year. For the first time since the depression, political initiative shifted from Washington back into the country itself, in this case the courts, schools, lunch counters, courthouses, streets and jails of the South.
---from The Experience of Politics
Welcome to my page on the
Montgomery bus boycott of 1955-1956. Often times the only thing
that we hear about this movement is that a woman named Rosa Parks
refused to give up her seat on a bus. However, the Montgomery bus
boycott has a long, important and deep rooted history made
possible by African American and white citizens. This movement is
an important part not only of African American history, but also
American history because it proved to be a catalyst for one of
the greatest humanitarian movements of all time. This page is
designed to highlight the reasons why this movement is so unique
in addition to explaining some basic facts about it. There is
also a distinct theology that most people know about, but
probably never understood the depth of it. Lastly, there is a
page of links to other great websites about the boycott and other
civil rights issues.
What was the Montgomery bus boycott
Montgomery, Alabama circa 1955
Read the law that called for segregation on the buses
White reaction and oppositional forces
Why was the boycott an important movement
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